Emotional Intelligent, Critical Thinking And Counselling On Mental Health In Calabar South Local Government Area Cross River State, Nigeria.
Dr. Effiom, Bassey Ekeng
Department of Guidance and Counselling, faculty of educational foundations studies, University of Calabar -Nigeria.
Ebuara, Mary Oshama (Ph.D)
Department of Guidance and Counselling, faculty of educational foundations studies, University of Calabar -Nigeria.
Dr. Ekwok, Mercy Lawrence
Department of Guidance and Counselling, faculty of educational foundations studies, University of Calabar -Nigeria.
Sarah Ijeoma Ukwekie
Department of Guidance and Counselling, faculty of educational foundations studies, University of Calabar -Nigeria.
Julia Njong Obi
Department of Curriculum and Teaching, University of Calabar, Calabar- Nigeria.
Undie,Akomaye Agwu (Ph.D)
Department of Guidance and Counselling, faculty of educational foundations studies, University of Calabar -Nigeria.
Prof.(Mrs) Elizabeth G. Akpama
Department of Guidance and Counselling, faculty of educational foundations studies, University of Calabar -Nigeria.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligent, Critical Thinking, Counselling, Youth, Mental Health
Abstract
This Study Examine Emotional intelligence or EI as an ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you. People with a high degree of emotional intelligence know what they're feeling, what their emotions mean, and how these emotions can affect other people. Though there is overlap between emotional awareness and critical thinking, there are skills involved with critical thinking that differ from those of emotional awareness. Specifically, the ability to access an emotion on demand to better understand a person or situation, and the ability to regulate emotions for growth. The four domains of Emotional Intelligence — self awareness, self -management, social awareness, and relationship management — each can help a leader face any crisis with lower levels of stress, less emotional reactivity and fewer unintended consequences. mental health needs among adolescents and young adults, there is a paucity of evidence regarding use of mental health services in young adulthood. This study look at mental health counseling between adolescents and young adults, examines characteristics and predictors of counseling of young adults, and identifies reasons for foregone care among those with mental health needs in young adulthood. Among individuals with depressive symptomology, young adults reported significantly lower rates of counseling use compared with adolescents. When taking into account the severity of mental health problems, female gender, high maternal education, school attendance, and receipt of routine physical examinations were significantly predictive of counseling use among young adults.