Investigating The Relationship Between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms And Emotional Intelligence Among Adolescent Refugees From The Middle East
- Author:
Siti Raudzah Ghazali
- Publication Type:News
- Keywords:
PTSD;
Emotional Intelligence;
Refugee;
Adolescents;
Middle East
- From:ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
2014;15(2):220-224
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Objective: 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.
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