Analysis of relationship of emotional intelligence of social employees and professional integrity

Abstract

In recent years, scientific interest in the phenomenon of emotional intelligence (EQ) has increased, which causes high relevance of research in this area, where the ability to experience strong emotional ten- sion and stress is considered a stress-protection factor. The study was based on the identification of impor- tant emotional predictors that could influence the formation and development of certain cognitive styles of future social workers. The idea of the study in its significant results, the study concluded that the main hypothesis in the field of social work provision is reliable, that “there is a direct statistically significant re- lationship between emotional intelligence and professional competence of a social worker.” Identification of the relationship between emotional intelligence in social workers and its components and professional competence and its criteria is the main goal of the research work. Measuring emotional intelligence in social workers is important to identify their strengths and weaknesses in emotional intelligence skills. The study made it possible to analyze the emotional intelligence of social workers, which will later be used as a guide for empirical research. In this article, we will explain the methods of assessing emotional intelligence using ability-based tests and some of the conclusions obtained by this method. The purpose of the study by conducting in-depth interviews was to determine the level of development of emotional competence of social workers, as well as to identify factors that affect and depend on the level of development of emo- tional competence. An in-depth interview was conducted with the questionnaire “Emin” and the question- naire of emotional intelligence by N. Hall. Spearman’s rank correlation method was used to identify and analyze in detail the connections between the components of emotional intelligence. Correlation matrices have been developed from the data obtained, reflecting the correlation indicators of various scales of the above methods. The results of the correlation analysis show that emotional intelligence is associated with understanding one’s own and others’ emotions, managing one’s own and others’ emotions, interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects of emotional intelligence, emotional cognition, self-motivation, empathy, recog- nition of others’ emotions, general emotional orientation. This study is an important sociological study and can contribute to the study of the development of emotional intelligence. The profession of social work is of great practical importance, aimed at improving the social functions of the members of the association, which are one of the universal and integrated professions. The study made it possible to analyze the emo- tional intelligence of social workers, which will later be used as a guide for empirical research.

Key words: emotional intelligence, professional compatibility, social worker.