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The Effects of Group Social Work Intervention on Children's Emotional Intelligence, Emotion Regulation Skills and Empathy Tendencies

Turkey (Türkiye)38 participantsStarted 2025-03-05

Plain-language summary

The general objective of this study is to determine the effects of an emotion-focused therapy-based group social work intervention on the emotion regulation skills, emotional intelligence, and empathic tendency levels of children aged 9-11 years in need of protection and living in a children's home complex, and to explore the participants' experiences of the group intervention. The independent variable of the study is the emotion-focused therapy-based group social work intervention. The dependent variables are the children's emotion regulation skills, emotional intelligence, and empathic tendency levels. Within the framework of the stated general objective, the quantitative questions addressed in the study are as follows: 1. Is there a significant difference between the emotion regulation skills, emotional intelligence, and empathic tendency scores between the experimental and control groups before the intervention? 2. Is there a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the emotion regulation skills, emotional intelligence, and empathic tendency of the participants in the experimental group after the intervention? 3. After the intervention, is there a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores on emotion regulation skills, emotional intelligence, and empathic tendency of the participants in the control group? 4. After the intervention, is there a significant difference between the post-test scores on emotion regulation skills, emotional intelligence, and empathic tendency of the participants in the experimental group and the post-test scores on emotion regulation skills, emotional intelligence, and empathic tendency of the participants in the control group?

Who can participate

Age range9 Years – 11 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * • Be between 9 and 11 years old * Be able to read and write * Have no known traumatic event/abuse history * Have been accepted to the organization for at least 3 months (have adapted to the organization) * Have no severe/advanced psychiatric disability/diagnosis * Have been declared suitable by the group leader * Be willing to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * • Being outside the 9-11 age range * Being admitted to the institution less than 3 months ago or not yet having adapted to the institution * Being a foreign national * Not knowing Turkish * Having a history of abuse * Being hospitalized * Being a child who left the institution without permission * Being in the final stages of transfer and return to family

What they're measuring

BarOn Emotional Intelligence Scale Child and Adolescent Form

Timeframe: up to 12 weeks after registration

Emotion Regulation Scale for Children

Timeframe: up to 12 weeks after registration

KA-SI Empathic Tendency Scale - Child Form

Timeframe: up to 12 weeks after registration

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07273786

SponsorSelcuk University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-11-06

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Who can participate

Age range9 Years – 11 Years

SexALL

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