Emotional intelligence in learners with Attention Deficit Disorder
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Date
2013-06
Authors
Wootton, Carol Anne
Roets, H. E.
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Faculty of Education, University of the Free State
Abstract
This study was undertaken to analyse and evaluate the nature and quality of emotional intelligence in
learners with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and to investigate whether their emotional intelligence
was enhanced, and whether the symptoms and behaviour of these learners improved, after exposure to
a programme on emotional intelligence. Learners with ADD were identified from within a larger group
of Grades 4 and 5 learners. The whole group was exposed to a programme on emotional intelligence
and the results were examined and compared qualitatively. At the beginning of the study, the learners
with ADD displayed an inaccurate appraisal of their emotional intelligence as being at a higher level
than that of their peer group. After exposure to a programme on emotional intelligence, these learners
were able to accurately appraise their emotional intelligence. The results of this study indicate that the
symptoms and behaviour of learners with ADD are improved after exposure to a programme on emotional
intelligence. The enhancement of emotional intelligence, therefore, appears to be related to the symptoms
and behaviour of learners with ADD.
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Keywords
Attention Deficit Disorder, Emotional intelligence, Education and emotional intelligence, PATHS programme
Citation
Wootton, C. A., & Roets, H. E. (2013). Emotional intelligence in learners with Attention Deficit Disorder. Perspectives in Education, 31(2), 33-41.