Teaching emotional and social competencies: Efficacy of a work readiness program designed for vulnerable youth.

BACKGROUND: As emotional and social competency training proliferates within a work readiness context, concerns remain regarding their efficacy. Data on these programs tends to be scarce and outcome objectives are often poorly defined. OBJECTIVE: Authors developed and tested a work readiness emotiona...

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Publicado en:Work Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 407 - 419
Autores principales: Crane, A. Geoffrey, Cormier, Michelle L., Taylor, Robyn N., Parker, James D.A.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2020
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          Crane, A. Geoffrey
          Cormier, Michelle L.
          Taylor, Robyn N.
          Parker, James D.A.
        affil: Department of Psychology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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          Emotional Intelligence Education
          Emotional Regulation Education
          Social Behavior Education
          Work In Adolescence
          Aptitude In Adolescence
          Special Populations Education
          Risk Taking Behavior In Adolescence
          Outcomes of Education Evaluation
          Human
          Program Evaluation
          Employment, Supported Organizations
          Communities
          Male
          Female
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Questionnaires
          Affective Symptoms
          Sex Factors
          Scales
          Psychoeducation
          Repeated Measures
          Analysis of Variance
          Univariate Statistics
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: BACKGROUND: As emotional and social competency training proliferates within a work readiness context, concerns remain regarding their efficacy. Data on these programs tends to be scarce and outcome objectives are often poorly defined. OBJECTIVE: Authors developed and tested a work readiness emotional and social competency program specifically designed for at-risk young adults, tailored with best practices in mind. METHOD: 84 clients of a community organization that provides employment support to young adults with disabilities (48 men and 36 women) with a mean age of 28.17 years (SD = 11.64) completed measures of emotional intelligence and alexithymia on either side of the 4-week intervention. RESULTS: Men's interpersonal scores and women's adaptability scores showed significant improvement across the intervention. In addition, women's scores in both identifying and describing feelings improved significantly, as did men's scores in describing feelings. CONCLUSIONS: Within the context of work readiness, participants in an intervention to improve emotional and social competencies can see key improvements to competencies linked to occupational attainment.
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