Investigating The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) Symptoms And Emotional Intelligence Among Adolescent Refugees From The Middle East
The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between symptoms of PTSD and various scores of emotional intelligence scales. This study employed a cross-sectional research design. Participants were recruited from the local community health centre in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. The Child...
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Malaysian Psychiatric Association (MPA)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24536/1/Raudzah.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24536/ http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/index.php/aseanjournalofpsychiatry/article/view/253 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between symptoms of PTSD and various scores of emotional intelligence scales. This study employed a cross-sectional research design. Participants were recruited from the local community health centre in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. The Child Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index (CPTS-RI) measured the presence of PTSD
symptoms and the Adolescents Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale (AMEIS) measured emotional intelligence. Results: The findings suggest an
inverse relationship between PTSD severity and emotional intelligence. The PTSD score was negatively correlated with all AMEIS subscales. Two significant negative correlations were found in the tasks of using emotion and
understanding emotion. Conclusion: Findings suggest that individuals with severe PTSD symptoms appear to lack the abilities to understand and use emotions. These findings might be useful in identifying factors that may
contribute to decreasing the severity of PTSD symptoms of these children. Implications of the findings were discussed, and recommendations for future research are presented. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 15 (2), July – December 2014: 220-224. |
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