FEATURES OF EMOTIONAL TENSION IN WOMEN DURING MATERNITY WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Abstract

The issue of emotional intelligence (EI) and its impact on emotional states is one of the current topics in modern psychology. EI is considered as the ability to recognize, understand, express, and manage both one’s own emotions and the emotional states of others. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the manifestation of emotional tension in female mothers, taking into account the level of development of emotional intelligence and experience of motherhood. Recently, the issue of emotional intelligence has become even more popular in the works of both Ukrainian and foreign scientists. The research trend is aimed at identifying the connection between EI and other psychological properties of different categories of people. An important feature of emotional tension (ET) is its connection with crises that women experience during pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, and when accepting a child as an independent person. It has been analyzed that in the context of motherhood, such crises are important periods of adaptation that require increased emotional resilience. It has been established that the level of EI development affects women’s ability to self-regulate, manage their emotions, and adapt to the challenges of motherhood. EI, as a substructure of social intelligence, contributes to more effective control over emotional reactions, improved social interaction, and increased resilience to stress. It has been established that women with a high level of emotional intelligence are able to better cope with emotional stress, maintaining internal harmony and preventing the development of emotional burnout. This study made it possible to identify the existence of a negative moderate correlation between the level of emotional tension and the level of emotional intelligence in women with a family experience of motherhood. The data obtained indicate that mothers with higher levels of emotional intelligence have lower levels of emotional tension. Based on this, it can be argued that emotional intelligence is a psychological factor that plays a significant role in shaping the level of emotional tension of a woman in motherhood. Among the recommendations for reducing the level of emotional tension (ET), the popularization of personal and group therapy is proposed as a way to understand one’s own and others’ emotions and their effective identification.