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There is increasing attention to behavioral emotion regulation and health-related quality of life in students with hearing loss (HL). Hence, we examined the effect of the emotional intelligence (EI) program on behavioral emotion regulation and health-related quality of life in students with HL. Thirty-four students ranging from 15 to 18 years of age participated through a random sampling method from the mainstream high schools in XXX. The participants were randomly allocated to the intervention (n = 17) and control (n = 17) groups. The intervention group participated in an EI program based on the theory of Bar-On for ten sessions. This program was implemented for one hour per session over ten weeks. All students completed the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (BERQ) and Short Form Health Survey-Version 2 (SF-36v2). Data analysis included ANCOVA and MANCOVA. The results revealed that intervention significantly increased the behavioral emotion regulation and health-related quality of life in students with HL. According to findings, special efforts should be made to ensure behavioral emotion regulation and health-related quality of life in people with HL.
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Ashori, M., Jalil-Abkenar, S.S. Emotional intelligence: Behavioral emotion regulation and health-related quality of life in students with hearing loss. Curr Psychol 43, 2124–2135 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04449-9
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