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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2021 May 20;18(10):5498.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105498.

Effects of Student Training in Social Skills and Emotional Intelligence on the Behaviour and Coexistence of Adolescents in the 21st Century

Sara Vila  1 , Raquel Gilar-Corbí  1 , Teresa Pozo-Rico  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Student Training in Social Skills and Emotional Intelligence on the Behaviour and Coexistence of Adolescents in the 21st Century

Sara Vila et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

In recent decades, efforts have been made to achieve a positive coexistence among adolescents in secondary schools and create a healthy environment to prepare them to face the present-day challenges. Therefore, this study highlights the educational purpose of improving emotional management and social skills as well as decreasing antisocial and criminal behaviour among secondary education students through an educational training programme. Accordingly, to verify the effectiveness of the project, a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test/post-test structure and a control group was adopted. To achieve this, a total of 141 Spanish secondary school students participated in this study and were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions. The first (experimental) group (n = 55) participated in the training programme; correspondingly, the second group (control) (n = 57) followed the usual mentoring activities planned for the entire educational centre. Of the total number of participants, 52.7% of the sample were men and 47.3% were women. The mean age of the participants was 13.01 years old (SD = 0.935). The results showed improvements in the environment with adequate training and the correct application of a programme involving emotional intelligence (EI) among secondary education students. Furthermore, a decrease in conflicts and enhanced relations between the members of the educational community was evidenced. Finally, the practical implications for improving coexistence in secondary schools are discussed.

Keywords: educational training; emotional intelligence; secondary school; social skills.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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EQi total score as a representation of the significant differences obtained in a set of factors of EI measured with the Emotional Quotient Inventory Youth Version (EQi:YV).
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Attention after the educational intervention measured with Trait Meta-Mood Scale.
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Figure 3
Clarity after the educational intervention measured with Trait Meta-Mood Scale.
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Figure 4
Repair after the educational intervention measured with Trait Meta-Mood Scale.
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Figure 5
MESSY total score as a representation of the significant differences obtained in the set of factors of social skills measured with Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters.
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Antisocial behaviour after the educational intervention measured with the Antisocial-Criminal Behaviour Questionnaire.
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Figure 7
Criminal behaviour after the educational intervention measured with the Antisocial-Criminal Behaviour Questionnaire.
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