بررسي اثربخشي آموزش مهارت هاي مقابله اي بر سلامت عمومي و هوش هيجاني دانشجويان مجتمع آموزش عالي كوثر

Effect of Learning Coping strategies on General Health and Emotional Intelligence of Cadets of Kowsar Higher Education Complex

The present research has been conducted with the aim of examining the effect of learning coping strategies on general health and emotional intelligence of the cadets of Kowsar Higher Education Complex. The research is of a two-group experimental type with a pre-test and a post-test. Undergraduate cadets of the Kowsar Higher Education Complex in the first semester of the academic year 2006-07 are subject to the tests of the research. Samples of the present research were chosen in two stages. In the first stage the cadets with scores higher than 18 in this scale were picked up after performing the “Goldberg” general health questionnaire and then 40 individuals were selected through a simple random method, of whom 20 were randomly put in the test group and the rest 20 formed the control group. Then the emotional intelligence questionnaires of Bar-N and coping style questionnaire were performed. Data of the present research were analyzed by means of independent (T) and dependent (T) statistical test. The study showed that learning of coping strategies has affected the emotional intelligence and the general health of the test group and created significant intra-group differences that caused promotion of emotional intelligence and reduction of physical and mental symptoms and complaints in them. However, their coping style did not reveal a significant difference statistically. A significant difference was observed between the test and control groups concerning the general health variable, but there was no significant difference between the coping style and the emotional intelligence. No significant difference was observed between the pre-test and post-test of the control group concerning the variables of emotional intelligence and reduction of physical and mental symptoms and complaints either.