The role of emotional intelligence in psychological well-being and coping with stress

The article presents a research to determine the role of emotional intelligence in a person's psychological well-being: it analyzes the relationship between indicators of emotional intelligence and various aspects of psychological well-being, as well as ways of coping with stress. There is also an analysis of foreign and domestic research on this topic. The sample of empirical research was made up of 243 respondents aged 18 to 67 year. (182 women and 61 men, average age 36.1 years). The following methods were used as psychodiagnostic tools: "Emotional Intelligence Test" (EIT) developed under the guidance of E.A. Sergienko, "Ryffs Scales of Psychological Well-being" (SPB) by C. Ryff in the modification of T.D. Shevelenkova and P.P. Fesenko, "Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations' in the adaptation of T.A. Kryukova. The results of the stud showed that emotional intelligence is one of the significant life resources of a person, acts as a predictor of psychological well- being of a person, and also predetermines the choice of more effective coping strategies in stress situations. The peculiarities of emotional intelligence connection and studied parameters in different age groups (up to 35 years old and from 35 years and older) were also revealed.