PROFESSIONAL WELL-BEING IN CONNECTION WITH IMPAIRMENTS OF EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND PERCEPTION OF EVERYDAY STRESS AMONG DEFECTOLOGISTS

Abstract

Aim. The article examines the results of an empirical study of the professional well-being of defectologists and its relationship with emotional dysregulation and the perception of everyday stress. Methods. An empirical study was conducted on a sample of defectologists (correctional educators and special psychologists) who work with children with autism spectrum disorders. For the study, the following were used: the methodology for assessing professional well-being (further MAPW), the questionnaire of everyday stressors and the questionnaire of emotional dysregulation. Empirical data processing methods: analysis of mean values, analysis of nonparametric criteria, correlation analysis. Results. The study made it possible to establish the characteristics of the professional well-being of defectologists, to describe the subjective perception of their own functioning in the professional sphere and to determine the relationship between the duration of professional activity and the indicators of the components of professional well-being. It was found that there was an inverse statistically significant relationship between the components of professional well-being with the spheres of perception of everyday stressful events and the forms of emotional dysregulation. Conclusions. The results of the analysis led to the conclusion that speech pathologists who work with children with autism spectrum disorders have a low level of professional well-being. Also, statistically significant interrelationships between the components of professional well-being with the perception of everyday stress and forms of impaired emotional regulation were revealed.