Petryk O. Trust in the Structure of Journalists’ Social Intelligence

The aim of the dissertation is to define psychological features of trust in the structure of journalists’ social intelligence. Social intelligence was studied from the perspective of journalist’s personality as a subject of professional activity. A theoretical model of journalists’ social intelligence was designed. It contains such structural elements as social memory, social thinking, social imagination, social perception, trust in oneself, trust to others, trust to the world.Various components of social intelligence depending on gender, experience, specifics of journalists’ activity and age have been empirically determined.