PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS OF ADOLESCENTS TO MASTER THE SKILLS OF EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION

Abstract

At the present stage of development of Ukrainian society, there is a significant increase in the individual's requirements in social and professional aspects: the present demands from the young man activity, purposefulness, mobility, flexibility, and self-confidence. The manifestation of these qualities is impossible without the formed skills of emotional self-regulation. The article analyzes the results of a study of the level of readiness of young people to master emotional self-regulation skills. There are four levels of readiness to master emotional self-regulation skills, which were identified and described. All of them are determined by the following components: motivation for emotional self-regulation, emotional consciousness, emotional competence, the effectiveness of emotional self-regulation skills. The relationship between the readiness of adolescents to master the skills of emotional self-regulation with such personal characteristics as: reflexivity, emotional competence, emotional self-awareness. The relationship between adolescents' readiness to master the skills of emotional self-regulation with such personal characteristics as reflexivity, emotional competence, and emotional self-awareness. The young people's awareness of the need for emotional self-regulation and knowledge about themselves, their emotional sphere, and formed reflexivity is determined by the essential prerequisites for forming such personal characteristics of the young man as emotional consciousness, emotional competence, emotional stability, and emotional maturity. It is determined that personal motivation for self-development and emotional-volitional control has a positive effect on the formation of emotional self-regulation skills. It has been shown that young people who are able to monitor their emotional states and their causal relationships with other internal processes and the effectiveness of their own activities have a higher level of motivation for emotional self-regulation and a more comprehensive range of emotional self-regulation methods that help adequate socialization and productivity. It was stated that a significant number of young people are agreed that the need to master the skills of emotional self-regulation and recognize the negative impact of uncontrolled emotions on their own lives, but do not apply this need to themselves.