Digital games and emotional competences: a study using sensidex at school
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- Daniela Karine Ramos (BR) Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9833-310X
- Bruna Santana Anastacio (BR) Municipal Education of São José https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5631-0070
- Claudia Regina de Brito (BR) Federal University of Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6483-1928
- Luana Zimmer Sarzi (BR) Federal University of Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6335-3984
- Guilmer Brito Silva (BR) Federal University of Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6131-3671
- Raphael de Oliveira Freitas (BR) Federal University of Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4071-4019
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Emotional competences are a set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are fundamental to understanding, expressing, and adequately regulating emotions. This study investigates the use of the digital game Sensidex in an intervention to mobilize emotional competences at school. The objective was to evaluate the impact of the intervention with the game on the mobilization and promotion of emotional competences. The pre-experimental research involved 447 students aged 6 to 13, from 9 schools of Brazil. The methodology included pre-test and post-test, observations, and content analysis. The results indicate significant improvements in the identification and understanding of emotions, in addition to the strengthening of emotional regulation and moral behavior. A high level of engagement among the participants and a positive perception of the game were observed. The results of this study reinforce that digital games can be integrated into the curriculum and used in interventions for the development of emotional competence in the school context.
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