The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Personal Characteristics of Convicted Women

Aim. To describe the features of the relationship between the components of the emotional intelligence of convicted women and their personal characteristics. Methodology. The study involved 60 convicts of the Federal Penitentiary Institution IK-28 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Perm Region. The following methods were used: psychodiagnostic methods (D. V. Lyusin's emotional intelligence test, R. Kettel's multifactorial personality questionnaire (13 PF), H. Shmishek's questionnaire), statistical data processing methods (calculation of the Spearman correlation coefficient). Results. It was revealed that convicted women with a low level of emotional intelligence are characterized by such personality traits as low empathy, conflict, anxiety, increased emotional excitability, suspicion, caution and low activity. Research implications. The obtained research results can be used by practical psychologists in the course of accompanying the process of adaptation and re-socialization of convicts into society.