Esmaiel Soliemani; Ali Sheikholeslami; Mahnaz Mousavi
Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on the social competence and emotional regulation of the bullying students. Research method was experimental with pretest-posttest control group. The study sample consisted of the bullying students that were selected in the school ...
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This study examined the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on the social competence and emotional regulation of the bullying students. Research method was experimental with pretest-posttest control group. The study sample consisted of the bullying students that were selected in the school year 94-1393 with multi-stage cluster sampling from the population. To collect data, the Revised Bullying Olwis Scale, Social Competence Questionnaire and Emotional Regulation Scale were used. The experimental group received 8 sessions and during the meetings the control group was not given any training. Multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference among bullying students in the experimental and control group in social competence and emotional regulation. In other words, there is a difference in the component average of social competence and emotional regulation in experimental group after learning social-cognitive problem solving. These results suggest that emotional intelligence training can modify social competence and emotional regulation in the bullying students.