The Theoret
The Theoretical Framework and Application on the
Relationships between Family Functioning, Alexithymia and Emotional
Intelligence among Early Adolescents
Fataneh Naghavi1, Ma’rof Redzuan2
1School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2Department
of Social and Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, University Putra,
Malaysia.
1E-mail: [email protected], 2E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: With
respect to the relationship between family functioning, alexithymia, and early
adolescent’s emotional intelligence construct is still being developed with
empirical support. Hence, our the perivious researches showed that how family
functionig, alexithymia and several family’s characters could effect on early
adolescent’s emotional intelliegnce. This
study defines and discusses the theoretical framework in terms of the
relationships between familyfunctionig, alexithymia and several families’
factors that influece on early adolescent’s emotional intelliegence,specifically.
[Fataneh Naghavi, Ma’rof Redzuan. The Theoretical Framework and Application on the
Relationships between Family Functioning, Alexithymia and Emotional
Intelligence among Early Adolescents. Life Sci J 2012;9(1):764-770]. (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com.110
Keywords: Family Functioning, Early Adolescent’s Emotional
Intelligence, , Alexithymia, Children’s Alexithymia, Emotional Quotient, Emotional
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