THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE TENDENCY TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENTS

<jats:p>This article presents the results of a study of emotional intelligence, its relationship with the tendency to deviant behavior in adolescents studying in secondary schools. The diagnostic techniques used are “Emotional Intelligence test. EmIn” by D. V. Lyusina, “Propensity to deviant behavior” test by E. V. Leus and A. G. Solovyov. As a result, we were able to identify a correlationally significant relationship between the structural components of emotional intelligence and a tendency to delinquent, aggressive, and autoaggressive behavior.</jats:p>