Developmental Changes and Their Relationship to Emotional Sensitivity in Adolescents –A Cross sectional Study

Abstract

Objectives: This study examined the developmental changes (Logical Reasoning LOGT, Digital Spatial Search DSS, Selective Attention SA, and Physical Growth PG), the level of emotional sensitivity (ES), and the relationship between developmental changes in various dimensions (physical, psychological, and cognitive) and emotional sensitivity among adolescents. Methods: Using RihaCom, two hundred and sixty-four males and females ranging in age (14-17) years completed questionnaires measuring the aforementioned psychological and cognitive constructs. Results: The results showed that the level of developmental changes and emotional sensitivity was significantly high. The results also indicated that there was a significant correlation between emotional sensitivity and psychological changes, while there was a negative correlation between emotional sensitivity and cognitive changes. The results also revealed that there are significant differences in developmental changes and emotional sensitivity between the two age groups (14-17) in favor of age (17) for the developmental changes (physical, psychological, and cognitive) and in favor of age (14) for the emotional sensitivity. Based on the research results, a set of recommendations were formulated.

Keywords

• developmental changes
• cognitive aspect
• psychological aspect
• physical aspect
• emotional sensitivity