Clinical trial NCT03767647: Effects of an Educational Intervention on Emotional Intelligence in School Students
Official title: Effects of an Educational Intervention on Emotional Intelligence in School Students: Randomized Clinical Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Emotional Intelligence
Keywords: emotional intelligence
students
randomized clinical trial
schools
Lead sponsor: Hospital Severo Ochoa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-12-06
Enrollment: 179
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Objectives: Evaluate the effect on emotional intelligence levels of an educational intervention.

Design: Randomized Clinical Trial

Methods: An intervention on emotional intelligence was conducted in a Primary School. Students were recruited and randomized into intervention or control group (no intervention) by class (cluster). Total sample was 179. Results were measured with EQi-YV and ERQ-CA questionnaires. Statistical analysis was made with Student's t and Mann-Whitney's U tests.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Be on 5th or 6th year of Spanish Primary Education.
* Accept informed consent of the study.
* Be able to read, understand and answer both questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria:

* Revoque informed consent.
* Be in two different classes from the school.
* Absence to 25% or more of the lessons.
* Answer less than 80% of any questionnaire.
* Not completing both questionnaires.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Elevation of levels of Emotional Intelligence with EQi-YV ("Emotional Quotient Inventory: youth version") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Elevation of levels of Emotional Intelligence with ERQ-CA ("Emotional Regulation Questionary") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Elevation of levels of general mood subscale with EQi-YV ("Emotional Quotient Inventory: youth version") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Elevation of levels of adaptability subscale with EQi-YV ("Emotional Quotient Inventory: youth version") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Elevation of levels of stress management subscale with EQi-YV ("Emotional Quotient Inventory: youth version") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Elevation of levels of interpersonal skills subscale with EQi-YV ("Emotional Quotient Inventory: youth version") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Elevation of levels of intrapersonal skills subscale with EQi-YV ("Emotional Quotient Inventory: youth version") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Elevation of levels of cognitive re-evaluation subscale with ERQ-CA ("Emotional Regulation Questionary") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Elevation of levels of emotional suppression subscale with ERQ-CA ("Emotional Regulation Questionary") questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Leganés
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario José Germain
state: Madrid
Study officials:
affiliation: Nurse resident in Mental Health
name: Blanca Navarro Peral
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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