The quantitative study has been designed to examine the relations between Mythodrama intervention, behavior problems and trait emotional intelligence with coping strategies on a sample of public school pupils. The main hypothesis included: 1. trait EI could be improved among adolescents after receiving Mythodrama group psychotherapy intervention; 2. coping styles could be changed from maladaptive to adaptive styles after receiving Mythodrama intervention; 3. improvements in teacher ratings due to a decrease in adolescent behavior problems.
A mixed model group (intervention vs. control) repeated measures analysis of variances (ANOVAs) was performed to indicate differences that occurred within and between the two groups.
Participants
The sample consisted of 97
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This version is modeled on the full form of the TEIQue and is intended to yield scores on the same fifteen facets, four factors (Well-being, Self-control, Emotionality, and Sociability) and global trait EI. The TEIQue comprises 153 items (e.g. ‘I often find it hard to understand other people’), responded to on a 7-point scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 7 (completely agree). The Georgian version of Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) - Adolescent Form (Endler, N. S., & Parker, J. D. A. 1990). The CISS is a self-report measure of Emotion-, Task-, and Avoidance-oriented coping. The CISS comprises 20 items arranged on a 4-point scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree).
The participants of Mythodrama groups completed these two measures twice: once prior to the Mythodrama intervention and the second at the completion of the intervention. Participants of the control groups completed the same measures as the training group but did not attend the Mythodrama