Effectiveness of an Intensive Three-Day Emotional Intelligence Training

Abstract

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is considered an ability which helps to recognize and regulate of one’s own and others’ emotions. EI was suggested to be one of the important factors for maintaining a successful personal and professional life. EI is considered as an ability that can be developed through practice. Thus, numerous studies attempted to examine effects of EI training programs. This study examined the effects of an intensive three-day training program on EI, difficulties in emotional regulation, reflective functioning, and psychological symptoms. The participants were 18 adults in the treatment group and 18 adults in the control group. The results showed that the EI training have led to a significant decrease in difficulties in emotional regulation over three days of training among participants in the treatment group. In particular, participants’ in the treatment group impulse control difficulties decreased, whereas such a decrease was not observed in the control group. There was some increase in the Reflective Functioning Uncertainity scores of the participants’ in the treatment group. There were no significant changes in overall emotional intelligence and psychological symptoms. The findings suggested that the intensive EI training led to better impulse control ability and an increase in mentalizing capacity.

Keywords

• Emotional Intelligence Training
• Emotion Regulation
• Reflective Functioning
• Psychological Symptoms

Üç Günlük Yoğun Bir Duygusal Zekâ Eğitiminin Etkililiği

Abstract

Duygusal Zeka (DZ), bireyin kendisinin ve başkalarının duygularını tanımasını ve düzenlemesine yardımcı olan bir beceri olarak bilinir. DZ başarılı bir kişisel ve profesyonel hayat yürütmek için var olan önemli faktörlerden biridir. DZ’nin uygulama yaptıkça gelişen bir beceri olduğu düşünülür. Dolayısıyla, pek çok program DZ eğitim programlarının etkilerini araştırmıştır. Bu çalışmada, üç günlük yoğun bir DZ eğitim programının DZ, duygu düzenlemede güçlükler, yansıtıcı işleyiş ve psikolojik semptomlar üzerine etkisi incelenmiştir. Katılımcılar, müdahale ve kontrol gruplarında eşit sayıda olmak üzere toplam 36 yetişkindir. Sonuçlar, üç gün süren yoğun DZ eğitiminin müdahale grubunda duygu düzenlemede güçlükleri anlamlı ölçüde azalttığına işaret etmiştir. Spesifik olarak, müdahale grubundaki katılımcıların dürtü kontrol güçlüğünde azalma görülmüştür; ancak böyle bir azalma kontrol grubunda görülmemiştir. Ayrıca, müdahale grubunda Yansıtıcı İşleyiş Ölçeği Belirsizlik alt ölçeği puanlarında bir yükselme görülmüştür. Genel DZ puanlarında ve psikolojik semptomlarda ise bir değişiklik gözlenmemiştir. Bu sonuçlar yoğun DZ eğitiminin dürtü kontrolündeki ve zihinselleştirme kapasitesindeki iyileşme ile ilişkili olduğuna işaret etmiştir.

Keywords

• Duygusal Zeka Eğitimi
• Duygu Düzenleme
• Yansıtıcı İşleyiş
• Psikolojik Semptomlar

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