Eficacia de una intervención para incrementar la inteligencia socioemocional en estudiantes mexicanos de bachillerato.

Socio-emotional intelligence influences psychosocial adjustment and the prevention of mental health problems, making it necessary to promote its development in key stages such as adolescence. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to increase socio-emotional intelligence in Mexican high school students. Quasi-experimental study, design of a group with pre-test and post-test. 645 students from 15 high schools in Jalisco, Mexico participated. The short version of the EQi-SF Emotional Quotient Questionnaire was applied before and after an intervention of 10 weekly sessions of 1 hour each. For the entire sample, differences were found in adaptability (p = .004), interpersonal competence (p = .034), and total EQi (p = .014). In men there were differences in adaptability (p = .012), and in women in anger management (p = .005) and total EQi (p = .005). The intervention was partially effective and in a differentiated way for men and women. A greater systematization of the sessions is required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]