Relaciones interpersonales e inteligencia emocional en un adolescente con discapacidad intelectual

Abstract

Interpersonal relationships are defined as reciprocal interactions where communication, highlighting social skills, empat unhy and assertiveness, guide these connections. On the other hand, emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, recognize, manage and understand emotions such as attention, achieving emotional clarity and applying effective strategies to repair and regulate it, promoting emotional and intellectual growth. In this research, the following research problem is posed: What is the level of development of interpersonal relationships and emotional intelligence in a teenager with intellectual disabilities? In which general objective is established to analyze the level of development of interpersonal relationships and emotional intelligence. As a study objective, we took the case of a 15-year-old adolescent with intellectual disabilities to whom data collection instruments were applied such as the interview, observation and the TMMS-24 emotional intelligence scale, these tools allowed us to know the level of meta-knowledge of the adolescent's emotional conditions, that is, the ability to detect, understand and recognize his own emotions. The results show that the study objective has deficiencies in terms of attention, understanding and regulation of their emotions.