Haghighat S, Dortaj F, Bagheri F, Hassanabadi H.
(2026). The Effectiveness of Emotional Intelligence Skills Training Package Based on an Emotion-Focused Approach on Emotional Expressiveness and Identity Styles in Adolescents. Rooyesh. 15(3), 73-82.
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1- Department of Psychology, SR.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Educational Psychology, Allameh Tabataba‘i University, Tehran, Iran. dortaj@atu.ac.ir , dortaj@atu.ac.ir
3- Department of Educational Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (10 Views)
The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of an emotional intelligence skills training package based on an emotion-focused approach on emotional expression and identity styles in adolescents. The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up. The statistical population included female adolescent students living in District 2 of Tehran in 2023-2024. The study sample comprised 34 female students, selected via convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two groups (17 each). The research instruments included the Emotion Expression Questionnaire (EEQ) by King and Emmons (1990) and the Identity States Questionnaire (EOM-EIS-2) by Bennion and Adams (1986). The experimental group received an emotional intelligence skills intervention based on an emotion-focused approach (in ten ninety-minute sessions, one session per week). Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that in the experimental group, the difference between the pre-test and post-test and follow-up stages for emotional expressiveness of all three identity styles (deferred, agitated, and successful) was significant (P<0.05), and apart from successful identity, there was no difference between the post-test and follow-up variables in the experimental groups (P>0.05). The results showed that emotional intelligence skills training based on an emotion-focused approach is likely to be an effective treatment for emotional expressiveness and identity styles in students.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Clinical Psychology Received: 2025/08/28 | Accepted: 2025/09/9 | ePublished: 2026/05/30