Decorating the Doll - Art-Therapy Experience Focused on Developing Emotional Intelligence
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2014, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Emotional intelligence is one of the key success factors that enables a person to work in harmony with others and to achieve personal and professional satisfaction, so as to live according to his own intentions (Lynn, 2005). Objectives: The present research aims to study how the use of art-therapy along with drama-therapy in the experiential group determines the development of emotional intelligence and its components. There were involved 60 subjects with a mean age of 23.74 years, divided into two groups (experimental and control groups). The members of the experimental group participated in an experiential module focused on developing emotional intelligence. Methods: Before and after the experiential group intervention, participants completed four psychological tests that assess their emotional intelligence level of development and its components: EIS (Schutte et al, 1998), TQE (Segal, 1999), TIE (adapted by Roco, 2001) and BTPIE (Wood, Tolley, 2003). Results: Among the effects shown in the participants, we have noticed the clarification of certain aspects concerning their own self, the relationship with their parents as well as the way of shaping, in family of origin, of certain maladaptive patterns which facilitate the occurrence of difficulties in future interpersonal relationships. Also, within the art-therapy experience, young people were challenged to identify and use those constructive relationship patterns that can help them in maintaining satisfactory relationships both with significant people in their lives and the others. Conclusions: The statistical results obtained support the assertion that the experiential arttherapy group intervention determines the development of emotional intelligence and its components.
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Laura E. Năstasă
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