The Influence of Hug Therapy on Children's Emotional Intelligence Improvement

摘要

The development of technology and the internet has negative impacts on the development of children's emotional intelligence. Hug therapy is one of the way which provides safety for children both physically and psychologically. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of hug therapy on improving children's emotional intelligence. This research is a manifold pre-experiment. The subjects were 15 students who had low emotional intelligence. The children's emotional intelligence scales is used as the data instrument. Data were analysed by using paired sample t-test. Result showed that hug therapy improves children's emotional intelligence based on the assessment from researcher, teachers, and parents. This means that emotional intelligence plays an important role in children's physical and psychological development.