A Three‐Year Emotional Intelligence Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Aggression: The Mediating Role of Unpleasant Affectivity

Adolescents’ aggressive behavior is a growing social problem with important implications for psychosocial adjustment. The teaching of emotional skills has an important impact on reducing aggression in schools. However, little scientific evidence has shown the explanatory mechanism through which this...

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Published in:Journal of research on adolescence 2018-03, Vol.28 (1), p.186-198
Main Authors: Castillo‐Gualda, Ruth, Cabello, Rosario, Herrero, Marta, Rodríguez‐Carvajal, Raquel, Fernández‐Berrocal, Pablo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Adolescents
Aggressiveness
Anger
Emotional intelligence
Emotions
Intervention
Negative emotions
Psychosocial factors
Schools
Scientific evidence
Teaching
Teenagers
Training
Unpleasant
Verbal aggression
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Summary:Adolescents’ aggressive behavior is a growing social problem with important implications for psychosocial adjustment. The teaching of emotional skills has an important impact on reducing aggression in schools. However, little scientific evidence has shown the explanatory mechanism through which this training reduces aggression during adolescence. This article aims to provide evidence for the effectiveness of a 3‐year longitudinal intervention among adolescents in nine Spanish schools. A total of 476 adolescents participated. Results showed a reduction in physical and verbal aggression in Time 2 through the reduction in negative affect, anger, and hostile feelings, compared with an active control group. The training seems to be crucial for dealing with the emotional and cognitive components of aggression and, thus, their behavioral manifestations.
ISSN:1050-8392
1532-7795
DOI:10.1111/jora.12325