Opanasiuk I. Psychological features of high school students' emotional intelligence development by means of art therapy.

The thesis gives the psychological and pedagogical basis of the emotional intelligence development of high school students by means of art therapy. The concepts of the emotional intelligence and its development, particularly concerning high school students are given a theoretical analysis; the main psychological content of the notion "emotional intelligence" and the development potential of the art therapy in the emotional intelligence of the personality have been analytically researched. The methodological background, the procedure and the results of the empirical component of the research aiming at diagnosing the characteristics of EQ and forming the empirical basis of the forming experiment have been stated. The factor analysis facilitated singling out a range of factors aiming at the development of the EQ of the students under research. The program of the forming experiment "The Development of the Emotional Intelligence by Means of Art Therapy" has been represented. The aim of the program is the development of the high school students' EQ by means of the reflective analysis of the emotional content of the worldview and disposition research, which are expressed by the symbolic forms of the art therapy and other expressive and interactive means. They aim at the development of the ability to solve the emotional component of the problem, i.e. EQ. The results of the forming experiment certified its validity and effectiveness. The hypothesis that was put forward during the empirical research was confirmed.