THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PERSONALITY RESOURCES: AN EMPIRICAL ASPECT
Abstract
The article explores the current issues in diagnosing emotional intelligence (EI) of an individual as a psychological resource of the personality. The existing problems in the diagnosis of these psychological phenomena are outlined.
The prerequisites for an empirical study of EI as a rehabilitative resource of the personality are substantiated. Using statistical methods (correlation and variance analysis) and psychodiagnostic tools (the "Questionnaire of Psychological Resourcefulness of Personality" by O. Shtepa and the "Methodology for Studying Emotional Intelligence of Personality" by V. Zarytska) on a sample of 85 individuals, a strong positive correlation was established between the level of EI and the psychological resourcefulness of the personality.
There is a connection between emotional intelligence and psychological resources, which can contribute to the development of such psychological resources as self-confidence, kindness, creativity, the desire for wisdom, the ability to update and use one's own resources, self-realization in the profession, and helping others. Emotional intelligence is focused on deep personal and social formations, which leads to the assumption: EI can be considered not as a function, but as a tool for activating, developing, and using psychological resources through psychological counseling and existential psychotherapy, since these resources relate to deep life values. This hypothesis requires further experimental development.
The obtained data prove the existence of a phenomenological connection between psychological resources and emotional intelligence, however, experimental verification has shown the difficulties of diagnosis, which provides grounds for further scientific development of valid diagnostic tools for emotional intelligence.
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