Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East

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...

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Main Author: Ghazali, S.R
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Language:English
Published: ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2014
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description 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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spelling unimas-43872022-01-26T00:44:09Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4387/ Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East Ghazali, S.R RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology 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. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4387/1/Siti%20Raudzah.pdf Ghazali, S.R (2014) Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 15 (2). pp. 220-224.
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Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East
title Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East
title_full Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East
title_fullStr Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East
title_short Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic Stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the Middle East
title_sort investigating the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) symptoms and emotional intelligence among adolescent refugees from the middle east
topic RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4387/1/Siti%20Raudzah.pdf