Emotional intelligence of students with different degrees of involvement in electronic social networks

  • Galina A. Fofanova Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
  • Alyaksandra V. Pozdnyakova Mostra-group, Khoruzey street, 29-101, 220123, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Abstract

The article defines the concept of involvement in electronic social networks (ESN), the technique of identifying the degree of involvement in the ESN, analyzes and describes the features of emotional intelligence of students with varying degrees of involvement in the ESN. It was found that the users with a higher degree of involvement in the ESN have a lower level of emotional intelligence than the users with a less expressed degree of involvement in the ESN. It was also found that people with a higher degree of involvement in the ESN are less able to control their emotional state and expression and less able to influence the emotional state of other people. However, users with a higher degree of involvement in the ESN have a higher level of understanding of their own emotions and emotions of other people.

Author Biographies

Galina A. Fofanova, Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

senior lecturer at the department of philosophy, faculty of psychology and social sciences

Alyaksandra V. Pozdnyakova, Mostra-group, Khoruzey street, 29-101, 220123, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

specialist on personnel training and development

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Published
2019-01-14
Keywords: involvement, Internet addiction, motives of affiliation, electronic social networks, students, emotions, emotional intelligence
How to Cite
Fofanova, G. A., & Pozdnyakova, A. V. (2019). Emotional intelligence of students with different degrees of involvement in electronic social networks. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology, 1, 120-126. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/philosophy/article/view/1911
Issue
No 1 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology
Section
Psychological Researches

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