Effectiveness of a Teaching-Learning Program in the Regulating of Emotions Based on Gross’s Model on Social Competence among Tenth Grade Students in Amman

Abstract

The study aimed to verify the effectiveness of a teaching-learning program in regulating emotions based on the Gross model on social competence of students in the tenth grade in Amman. The study sample consisted of (47) students from Othman Bin Affan Basic School affiliated to the Directorate of Education for the District of the Kasbah of Amman. The students were intentionally chosen and randomly distributed into two groups: an experimental group and a control group.To achieve the objectives of the study, the program was built based on the Gross Model of Emotion Regulation, and the social competency scale which was developed by Lafi (2017) was used on four dimensions (social skills, self-control, academic skills and social compatibility) after assuring its validity and reliability.The results showed statistical significance at the level of significance (α ≤ .05) between the two groups in favor of the experimental group in all dimensions of the scale due to the Gross model-based emotion regulation educational program. The study recommended that this programme be implemented by teachers, counselors, and scholars in order to increase students’ social competence.