The Impact of Training on Improving Adolescent s Emotional Intelligence Skills

This research aimed to investigate the influence of emotional intelligence instruction on development of high school adolescent s emotional intelligence skills. The participants were 1000 high school girls that were randomly selected and assigned to experimental (N=500) and control (N=500) groups. The Shut ei queionnaire was administered with both groups before and after the intervention. Experimental group received the instruction during six 90 minutes sessions. The results indicated that, in comparison with control group, the intervention could improve significantly the experimental group s emotional intelligence skills.