ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITIONAL EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE TO STUDENTS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS AS A PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE FACTOR

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to examine and investigate the emotional competence of students of psychologists and their influence on professional competence. The article is devoted to the analysis of directions and specifics of professional training of a psychologist. Separately, the role of this factor in shaping the professional identity and competence of psychology students is considered. The study of the prevalence and degree of expression of anxiolytic manifestations in students and its relation with the type of psychological protection was conducted.

Methods. The author conducted a study on psychology students using the Toronto Alexithymic Scale to identify the ability to differentiate emotional states, the ability to verbalize them. To study the types of psychological protection and the degree of general emotional stress Plutchik’s technique was used.

Results and Conclusions. Despite relatively long professional training, students have a generally elevated level of Alexithymia, which correlates with emotional immaturity and the overall gap between theoretical preparation for professional activity and practical readiness for its implementation. Under practical activity, the author understands the ability to join and maintain a long-term emotional relationship with other people, remaining empathetic and sensitive. In the article aleksetimium is isolated as a factor affecting all spheres of human life, and it correlates inversely with the quality of life, with the possibility of more responsible and confident behavior. The author conducted a study on psychology students using the Toronto Alexithymic Scale in order to identify the ability to differentiate emotional states, their ability to verbalize, and the relation to the type of their psychological protection. The study was attended by 48 students of 3-4 courses, specializing in psychology, mostly girls (44), the average age of 20 years. The results of the study reflect the relationship between the level of anxiolytic manifestations and the prevailing type of psychological protection and the degree of its manifestation. High values of anxiolytic manifestations correlate with higher values of emotional stress on jackals of psychological protection.