• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.420-430
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to develop poetrytherapy program and to test it's effect on emotional intelligence of middle school students. Sixty-six(male 33, female 33) middle school students participated in this study. Thirty-three students were assigned to experimental group and control group respectively. The program which is composed of 14 sessions was applied to experimental group for 16 weeks. Subjects completed Emotional Intelligence Test. Collected data were analyzed using t-test and ANCOVA. The results of statistical analyses showed that there were statistically significant differences in emotional intelligence test scores between experimental group and control group. Based upon these results, it is concluded that poetrytherapy program was effective in improving emotional intelligence of middle school students.