ПРОСОЦІАЛЬНА МОТИВАЦІЯ ЯК ФАКТОР РОЗВИТКУ ЕМОЦІЙНОГО ІНТЕЛЕКТУ МАЙБУТНІХ ПСИХОЛОГІВ

The validity of research. The training of modern students of psychology involves, first of all, the formation of prosocial (altruistic) motivation as the basis of the professional orientation of the personality of a specialist. Emotional intelligence as an ability to understand, control and predict one’s own emotions and emotions of other people has a leading role in the activities of the psychologist, but its connection with the prosocial (altruistic) motivation of representatives of sociological occupations, in particular psychologists, has practically not been studied.

The aim of the study is to determine connection of prosocial (altruistic) motivation and emotional intelligence of students-psychologists and psychological characteristics of emotional-intelligence of future psychologists with different types of prosocial (altruistic) motivation.

Research methods. The complex of methods of empirical research consists of the method of diagnostics of emotional intelligence D.V. Lucin, methodology for the diagnosis of emotional intelligence N. Hall in the adaptation of E.P. Ilyin and the method of studying the prosocial motivation of specialists in socio-occupational professions K. Fomenko. Experimental base of the studies was presented by 231 students of 2-4 years of study of the faculty of psychology and sociology of H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. The results were processed using the SPSS16 electronic statistical software package.

Results of research. A series of correlations between prosocial motives (altruistic, broad humanistic, professional and interpersonal) and emotional intelligence were defined. The typological profiles of prosocial motivation of students-psychologists were determined. Differences in the development of emotional intelligence in future psychologists with different typological profiles of prosocial motivation were determined. It is shown that high level of social motivation in students-psychologists suggests higher indexes of emotional intelligence