مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Effect of the Emotional Literacy Program on the Emotional Intelligence and Attention Skill Levels of the 9-10 Years Old Students with ADHD

Abstract :

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of the emotional literacy program on the emotional intelligence and attentional skills of 9-10 year old students with ADHD. The model of the study was pre-test-post-test semi-experimental design with matched control group. A total of 16 participants were included in the study as experimental and control groups. Eight students in the ten-session “Emotional Literacy Program” experiment group, formed by the researchers based on the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Model, were administered 120 minutes per session for 10 weeks and no intervention was conducted for the control group. Children aged 9-10 years who were diagnosed with ADHD from a primary school in Balikesir province participated in theresearch. D2 Attention Test was applied to measure attentional skills of the students participating in the research and Emotional Intelligence Scale for Bar-On Children was applied to determine emotional intelligence levels. The obtained data were analyzed by covariance analysis by entering SPSS 15 program. The significance of the obtained statistical results was tested at 0.05 level. Findings show that children with ADHD have a significant effect on levels of emotional intelligence as a result of the program implemented to improve their emotional literacy, whereas they are not effective on attention skills. At the end of the research, the findings and the limitations of the research are discussed, suggestions for the next research and applications are presented.