The Effect Of Counseling Program Based On Emotional Intelligence On Reducing The Symptoms Of PTSD Among A Sample Of Children Who Are Victims Of Wars And Crises

Abstract

This study aimed to measure the effect of counseling program based on emotional intelligence skills in reducing the symptoms of PTSD among a sample of refugee children ranged in age from 11-13 The sample consisted of 60 boy and girles children deliberately selected from among 600, and randomly distributed equally into two groups: the control and experimental groups The results showed that there were significant differences between the means of the experimental and control groups scores in the post test on the reducing the symptoms of PTSD, in favor of the experimental group. To achieve the goals of the study, counseling program and PTSD scale were used .