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This exploratory pilot study evaluated a five-month, preventive, group-based psychoeducational intervention designed to moderate psychological risk and enhance emotional intelligence among 27 professionals in an Italian public security agency. Pre- and post-intervention evaluations assessed changes in emotional intelligence (WLEIS), psychological injury risk (PIRI), and job-related affective wellbeing (JAWS), alongside qualitative thematic analysis of focus group transcripts. Post-intervention trends suggested subtle, sex-disaggregated and age-moderated shifts: while female participants demonstrated moderate improvements in emotional intelligence and reductions in perceived psychological risk, male participants reported a minor reduction in self-assessed emotional skills and an increase in reported psychological strain. Age-disaggregated analyses revealed distinct cohort responses: while the 50\u202f+\u202fgroup showed substantial gains in emotional intelligence and affective wellbeing, the 31\u201350 cohort exhibited a more critical self-appraisal of emotional skills. 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