The impact of emotional intelligence on coping strategies

The subject of the research is to study the influence of the level of emotional intelligence on the choice of strategies for coping with students' stress. The object of the research is the mechanisms of interaction between the level of development of emotional intelligence and the ways of coping with stressful situations of students. The author examines in detail such aspects of the topic as the analysis of existing approaches to the definition of emotional intelligence. Special attention is paid to the consideration of strategies for coping with stress, which are used when faced with life problems. The article examines the relationship between emotional intelligence and the effectiveness of a particular coping strategy. The following research methods were used: Lazarus's questionnaire of struggle strategies; D. Amirkhan's "Indicator of Coping Strategies" technique; the Freiburg Personality Questionnaire (Fahrenberg, H. Zarg and R. Gampel); the Mann-Whitney U-test was used to correlate personal characteristics and determine the gender differences of students. Emotional intelligence reflects a person's ability to recognize and manage their emotions, as well as hold themselves together, playing an important role in their personal and social lives. Individuals with high levels of emotional intelligence use more problem-oriented coping strategies to effectively manage stress. They analyze the problem and look for ways to solve it. A low level of emotional intelligence encourages a person to turn to emotion-oriented strategies, which are mainly aimed at alleviating emotional experiences and to a lesser extent contribute to solving the problem. Research shows that individuals with high emotional intelligence demonstrate greater flexibility and constructiveness in dealing with stress. A special contribution of the author is the systematization of existing approaches to the study of the relationship between emotional intelligence and coping strategies, as well as the implementation of empirical research to identify certain factors influencing the level of emotional intelligence on the choice of coping strategies of students under stress. The novelty of the research lies in identifying the connection between emotional intelligence and coping strategies through practical examples. The possibility of increasing the individual's resistance to stress through the development of emotional intelligence is emphasized.

emotional intelligence, coping strategies, stress management, problem-oriented strategies, emotion-oriented strategies, stress tolerance, the level of emotional intelligence, life problems, stressful situations, psychological stability