Sistema de talleres para fomentar la inteligencia emocional en estudiantes de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca en el período 2019-2020

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to assess the strategy of a mindfulness-based workshop system to work on emotional intelligence in students of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Cuenca. It had a quantitative approach with quasi-experimental design and descriptive scope. The study sample was non-probabilistic and by quotas; It consisted of an experimental group and a control group of ten participants each, the ages ranged between 19 and 27 years, male and female, from psychology courses. The workshop system consisted of eight sessions that work on the skills of the Mayer and Salovey model using mindfulness techniques. The instrument used to assess emotional intelligence in the two groups in the pretest and in the post-test was the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (Spanish version) (WLEIS-S), in addition to the socio-demographic record. The workshop system is validated by expert criteria through the Delphi method. Among the most relevant results, a statistically significant change (p=0.007) in the global level of emotional intelligence andan impact of 38.4 points on average increase in the experimental group could be observed, an increase in the means of all skills was obtained emotions in the experimental group after the application of the workshops. The emotional facilitation ability was the one that presented the greatest increase in the media compared to the other skills, while the emotional regulation ability was the one that presented the least increase in the media. In conclusion, it is estimated that the workshop system was effective under the conditions in which it is determined and for the judgment of specialists.