Features of the connection between emotional intelligence and success motivation

Abstract

This article describes the results of study of the characteristics of emotional intelligence and its connection with the motivation to achieve success in future professionals. Theoretical and methodological analysis made it possible to consider the identified topic from different perspectives and positions as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon. Notwith-standing the considerable number of theoretical studies of the problem, the use of diagnostic methods requires particular attention.To determine the peculiarities of emotional intelligence and to link it with the motivation to achieve success in future specialists, a set of standardized psychodiagnostic techniques which meets the objectives of the study was used: “Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire” by D. Lucine, “Emotional intelligence test” by N. Hall, “Methods of diagnosis one’s motivation for success” by T. Ehlers, Questionnaire “Motivation for success and avoidance of bad luck” by A. Rean. The study was conducted on a sample of students of the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, which involved 86 people aged 19 to 23 years. The correlation analysis made it possible to establish significant connection between the indicators of emotional intelligence and the motivation for success.The complexity and versatility of the functioning of modern society as a dynamic social organism, the growth of its systemic changes cause the urgent need to develop the potential of human emotional intelligence for its effective social adaptation and successful self-realization. Such circumstances increase the scientific and psychological interest in this problem. Obtained diagnostic data can be used in the practice of psychological counseling. The results of the study can also be used in the development of individual human resources that provide effective adaptation variants in difficult living situations.