Aims:

As a vulnerable group in society, orphaned and abandoned adolescents are faced with various social issues as well as lack of healthy social skills that can lead to high-risk behaviors. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of emotional intelligence skills training on the social skills of orphaned and abandoned adolescents.

Methods:

The present study was an interventional research with a pretest-posttest design. The sample included 30 orphaned and abandoned male teen-agers, residing in a care center, who were randomly selected and divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention group had four emotional intelligence-based training sessions. In this study, the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY) was used to evaluate the variables. The results were analyzed, using SPSS Statistics 22.

Results:

The results showed significant difference between the mean MESSY scores in the intervention group before and after the intervention (p < .05). There was also a significant difference between the mean scores of the intervention and control group, following the intervention.

Conclusion:

An emotional intelligence-based training program can be effective in improving the social skill levels amongst orphaned and abandoned adolescents as a vulnerable social group.

中文翻译：

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在伊朗一家青少年寄宿机构进行情商干预试验

目标：

作为社会弱势群体，孤儿和被遗弃的青少年面临着各种社会问题以及缺乏健康的社交技能，可能导致高危行为。本研究的目的是检验情商技能训练对孤儿和被遗弃青少年社交技能的影响。

方法：

本研究是一项采用前测后测设计的干预性研究。样本包括 30 名孤儿和被遗弃的男性青少年，居住在护理中心，他们被随机选择并分为干预组和对照组。干预组有四个基于情商的培训课程。在这项研究中，使用 Matson 对青少年社交技能的评估 (MESSY) 来评估变量。使用 SPSS Statistics 22 对结果进行分析。

结果：

结果显示，干预组干预前后的平均 MESSY 评分存在显着差异（p  < .05）。干预后，干预组和对照组的平均得分也存在显着差异。

结论：

基于情商的培训计划可以有效地提高作为弱势社会群体的孤儿和被遗弃青少年的社交技能水平。