The Effects of Emotional Intelligence-Oriented Psycho-Education Programme on Problem Solving and Decision-Making Skills

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 193 - 203, 27.06.2023

Abdullah Mert

https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.1264456

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The study's goal is to find out how emotional intelligence training affects adolescents' capacity for problem-solving and making choices. With a pretest-posttest control group, this study is an actual experimental design. 22 students who were enrolled in secondary school using this paradigm participated in the study. Nonparametric tests like Mann Whitney U and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks were deemed appropriate for data analysis because there were fewer than 30 students in each of the experimental and control groups. Problem-solving and decision-making abilities were employed in the experimental and control groups of the conducted pretest findings, which are initially used for emotional intelligence. According to the study's findings, there was a significant difference in the students in the experimental group's total scores for emotional intelligence (Z = -2.402, p.05), problem solving (Z = -2.845, p.01), and decision-making skills (Z = -2.580, p.05). It has been discovered that emotional intelligence is useful in the improvement of decision-making abilities. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference in the emotional quotient of the pupils in the experimental group (p.01). Additionally, a statistically significant difference in favor of the experimental group was discovered for both problem-solving and decision-making abilities (p .01). These results were talked about and understood.

Keywords

People Emotional Intelligence, Problem- Solving, Decision-Making, Psycho-Education Program, Secondary School Students

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