Effectiveness of Teaching Emotional Intelligence in Preventing Students\' Tendency to Substance a Abuse

Abstract

Objective: This study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of teaching emotional intelligence in preventing students' tendency to substance abuse. Method: Research design was quasi-experimental contained a pretest-posttest alongside a witness group. Pre-university female students of Ardabil constituted the statistical population of the study among them, 240 students by random cluster sampling. Then, 60 individuals with a high tendency to drugs were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group regularly attended training classes of emotional intelligence for 3 weeksin 4sessions. Addiction Potential Scale and Addiction Acknowledgment Scale were used for data collection purposes. Findings: The results indicated the significant effectiveness of teaching emotional intelligence. Conclusion: Emotional intelligence and its promotion can be effective in preventing people’s tendency to substance abuse.

Keywords

• Emotional Intelligence
• Addiction
• Substance Abuse