Emotional intelligence of the children born in the families of migrant workers: the environment-based approach

Abstract

The article presents the results of the study devoted to the issues of emotional intelligence of the children born in the families of migrant workers. The theoretical analysis has been carried out on the basis of domestic and foreign source and scientific bases within the outlined problem. It is noted that the problems related to the families of migrant workers and their children need to be solved at the international, national, regulatory, scientific and methodological levels. The theoretical foundation of understanding the emotional intelligence under focus has been substantiated taking into account the generalising considerations of scientists who have studied the conceptual and semantic content of the concept. It is noted that emotional intelligence is a necessary component of successful socialisation of any personality. The meaning of the term «children born in the families of migrant workers» has been considered, which made it possible to approve that there is no legal status for “the children born in the families of migrant workers” in Ukraine. It is revealed that the concept “the child of migrant workers / the child who was born in the family of migrant workers” is often identified with the concept “social orphanhood”. It is noted that such identification is incorrect; a child can be considered a social orphan only if his / her parents are deliberately removed from parental responsibilities. From the standpoint of the environment-based approach, the living environments of the children who were born in migrant families are segmented, which are basic for the formation of children’s emotional intelligence: family environment; social surrounding environment; general secondary education institution environment; peer environment; the Internet and social networks environment.