The author made a theoretical analysis of the state of research of the problem of emotional intelligence in psychology.
The specificity of the emotional intelligence of practical psychologists lies in its dependence on such professionally important qualities for this professional activity as the ability to reflect, empathize, manage one's own emotions, conflict competence, and the ability to effectively apply coping strategies in stressful situations. The theoretical analysis of scientific sources made it possible to substantiate the criteria for evaluating the development of emotional intelligence of future practical psychologists (reflection, self-regulation), as well as to characterize their indicators and levels (high, average, low).
The results of the ascertainment experiment proved that the majority of future psychologists usually correctly identify various emotions, recognize their sincerity, can independently reduce the impact of negative emotions on the performance of the performed activity, understand the internal and external causes of the appearance of various emotional states, and in many cases are able to manage their own emotions in the process of interpersonal interaction. Among the components of emotional intelligence, the identification of emotions was the most developed among future psychologists, and the least developed was the management of emotions, which is connected with the sequential formation of these abilities in ontogenesis.
Based on the theoretical analysis of scientific literature, the results of empirical research and the provisions of the theory of functional systems, the author proposed a model of the emotional intelligence of future practical psychologists, on which the author's development program is based.
Analyzing the results of the formative experiment, it can be asserted that the implementation of the development program in the form of socio-psychological training had a positive effect on the ability of future psychologists to clearly understand and interpret their actual feelings, taking into account the context of the situation and the emotional states of its participants, to qualitatively analyze their own emotions and their influence on behavior in the past, to effectively predict one's own emotional states as a response to possible future events.
