EXPO: Self-Development Training Program to Introduce Emotional Competence for First-Year Psychology Students

Authors

  • Miryam Wedyaswari Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, West Java, Indonesia
  • Millati Syamila Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, West Java, Indonesia
  • Devita Ratna Widowati Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, West Java, Indonesia

Keywords:

adjustment to university, emotional competence, emotional intelligence, experiential learning, first-year student, training program

Abstract

Emotional competence is an influencing factor for an academic adjustment. Therefore, an orientation program facilitating those competency is needed for first-year students. The training was designed to help them understand emotional competence. This study examined whether the EXPO: Self Development Training Progam could improve knowledge about emotional competence. This study used pre-experimental design. Participants were all first-year students in psychology major (n=155; M=31; F=124), while emotional competence was assessed by using Goleman’s Emotional Competence Inventory (R=.879). The Wilcoxon signedrank test was used to analyze before and after programs’ data. There was a statistically significant knowledge improvement in the students’ emotional competence following the EXPO program (z=?4.068, p<.05), with a medium effect size (r=.33) with the highest improvement found in empathy (z=9.248, p<.05, r=.75). The emotional competence intervention efficacy study should be offered to use a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) design to generalize the overall effectiveness of the intervention program.

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2020-12-22

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Wedyaswari, M., Syamila, M., & Widowati, D. R. (2020). EXPO: Self-Development Training Program to Introduce Emotional Competence for First-Year Psychology Students. Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Journal (APHERJ), 7(2). Retrieved from https://po.pnuresearchportal.org/ejournal/index.php/apherj/article/view/1663