The effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on the components of bullying, social competence and emotional intelligence in male students of fourth grade (second period) in Shadegan city

The act of bullying is an abuse in social interaction among peers containing aggressiveness. Low emotional intelligence is associated with the involvement of bullying as a bully/victim of bullying. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on the factors of bullying, social competence and emotional intelligence among students. The study (academic year of 2014-2015) conducted using pre-test and post-test with a control group among student population (experimental group: 20 cases, control: 20 cases). In this study, emotional intelligence training was performed in 10 sessions of 45 minutes based on Goldman’s model using multi-stage random sampling method. Olweus Bully/Victim questionnaire, social competence scale and Bar-On and Parker’s emotional-social intelligence (ESI) were used in order to assess the variables of the study. The statistical method wasmultivariate covariance (MONCOVA). The results of the present study indicated that there is a significant difference at the level of 0.001 between the variables of bullying, social competence and emotional intelligence among the experimental and control group, indicating the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on the components of bullying, social competence and emotional intelligence among the students. Emotional intelligence training can reduce the components of bullying and increase social competency and emotional intelligence. These results reveals the importance of applying emotional intelligence training on the improvement of social competency, emotional intelligence and students’ reduced level of bullying.