Developmental Changes and Their Relationship to Emotional Sensitivity in Adolescents –A Cross sectional Study

FREH, Fuaad Mohammed; Abdulsattar, Asma Hasan

doi:10.37653/juah.2024.149767.1284

	Developmental Changes and Their Relationship to Emotional Sensitivity in Adolescents –A Cross sectional Study
Journal of University of Anbar for Humanities
Article 20, Volume 2024, Issue 2, June 2024, Pages 1120-1138 PDF (897.67 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37653/juah.2024.149767.1284
Authors
Fuaad Mohammed FREH^* ¹; Asma Hasan Abdulsattar²
¹College of Education for Humanities- University Of Anbar- Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences
²‎ University of Anbar - College of Education for Humanities
Abstract
Objectives: This study examined the developmental changes (Logical Reasoning LOGT, Digital Spatial Search DSS, Selective Attention SA, and Physical Growth PG), the level of emotional sensitivity (ES), and the relationship between developmental changes in various dimensions (physical, psychological, and cognitive) and emotional sensitivity among adolescents. Methods: Using RihaCom, two hundred and sixty-four males and females ranging in age (14-17) years completed questionnaires measuring the aforementioned psychological and cognitive constructs. Results: The results showed that the level of developmental changes and emotional sensitivity was significantly high. The results also indicated that there was a significant correlation between emotional sensitivity and psychological changes, while there was a negative correlation between emotional sensitivity and cognitive changes. The results also revealed that there are significant differences in developmental changes and emotional sensitivity between the two age groups (14-17) in favor of age (17) for the developmental changes (physical, psychological, and cognitive) and in favor of age (14) for the emotional sensitivity. Based on the research results, a set of recommendations were formulated.
Keywords
Developmental Changes; Cognitive Aspect; Psychological Aspect; Physical Aspect; Emotional Sensitivity

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