Influence of an intervention program to nurture adaptability skills on the emotional intelligence of selected adolescents

Pages:23-26
A. H. M. Vijayalaxmi and M.S. Rajalakshmi (Smt. V. H. D. Central Institute of Home Science, Bangalore, Karnataka)
K. P. Suresh (Department of Biostatistics, National Institute of Animal
Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Bangalore)

Adolescence is a challenging time of life, where the individual copes with an unprecedented rate of biological maturation and simultaneously face changes in his/her life in social, sexual, emotional and physical areas. Adolescents encounter new experiences on a daily basis. Such unfamiliar situations often result in new and possibly intense positive and negative emotional reactions. How successfully adolescents are able to cope with these environmental demands and emotions by effectively sizing up and flexibly dealing with problematic situations depends on their emotional intelligence in particular on the adaptability skills. Enhanced levels of adaptability indicate adolescents who can easily find good ways of dealing with everyday difficulties. Therefore the present study was taken up to assess the influence of an intervention program to nurture adaptability skills on the emotional intelligence of selected adolescents. The present study was carried out in IX phases. A total of 90 adolescents (both boys and girls) in the age group of 14-16 years were identified for the study after they were administered the Bar-On emotional quotient inventory; youth version. These were further divided into experimental and control groups having 45 participants in each group. The experimental groups were exposed to an intervention programme on adaptability skills. The study concluded that, the intervention program had influenced the adaptability dimension of the respondents in the experimental group.