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Emocionalna inteligencija u adolescenata s motoričkim poremećajima i kroničnim bolestima
Emotional intelligence in adoloscents with motor disorders and chronic disease

Author(s): Jasminka Horvatić
Subject(s): Psychology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet
Keywords: emotional intelligence; motoric disorder; chronic diseases;

Summary/Abstract: Emotional intelligence includes ability of "identifying emotions, emotional facilitation, understanding emotions and managing emotions" (Salovey and Mayer, 1997.). Emotional competency questioner UEK-45 (Taksic, 2002.) is used on adolescent group that suffers from motoric disorder and chronic desease, which achieved average result according to standard intelligence scale and are under rehabilitation treatment in Center "Dubrava". Motoric disorders are caused by neuromuscular illness; polytraumatic events and brain cancer while the chronic deseases are generally related to diabetes, hemophilia and heart and kidney dysfunctions. Motoric disorders distribution range is from small to large. The result from Emotional competency questioner will be shown in relation to functional level of motoric disorders. The result from UEK-45 is presented according to achievement in the: 1. emotion perception scale, 2. emotion expression capability scale, 3. emotion manipulation capability scale and complete scale UEK-45 (Taksic, 2002.). Functional level of motoric disorders consists of three categories: l. complete selfdependency, 2. partial self-dependency and 3. complete dependence on other.

  • Issue Year: 39/2004
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 193-200
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Croatian