Assessing adolescent emotional intelligence as a foundation for psychological health

Introduction. Emotional intelligence is one of the important components of a person's psychological health, the foundation for building a quality human life, which is based on productive relationships between people, which in turn create the opportunity to successfully realize their abilities in all areas. A person should have well-developed reflection skills, a sufficient level of self-awareness, arbitrariness to manage their emotions, empathy and interest in other people. This is especially true in early youth, which is considered sensitive to the formation of emotional intelligence. Consideration of the content of the development of emotional intelligence as the basis of psychological health in young people was the goal of this work. Materials and methods. Manifestations of emotional intelligence in high school students were studied on a sample of 10th grade students in secondary schools in Armavir, Krasnodar Territory (N = 120 people) using psychodiagnostic techniques: N. Hall's Emotional Intelligence Coefficient; emotional intelligence questionnaire "EmIn" D.V. Lyusin; methods "MPEI" M.A. Manoylova. Study results. Statistical analysis of the results showed the predominance of the average level on the scales and criteria of emotional intelligence. Low-level indicators for the criterion "managing the emotions of others" were noted by 32.5% of the sample, and for the criterion "managing your emotions" - 29.17% of the sample. Accordingly, high scores are presented according to the criteria of "awareness of one's emotions" (25% of the sample) and (23.33% of the sample). The majority of the sample also assessed the manifestations of emotional awareness at an average level - 58.33%, 27.5% of the subjects noted a high level of ability to understand the meaning of emotions and their influence on behavior. KEYWORDS Conclusion. The results obtained show the degree of formation of the emotional orientation of the personality, manifestations of psychological health based on the understanding and manifestation of emotions. The formed components and indicators of emotional intelligence among high school students contribute to the understanding of their own and other people's emotions, as well as to manage them. Experimental data can be used in the development of self-development trainings, adaptation and readiness, team cohesion.