CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS OF STUDENTS OF HELPING PROFESSION

Authors

  • Katalin Billédi

Abstract

Since the change of the regimes 10-12 years ago helping professionals have got more and more tasks in Hungary. The social and economic changes have caused changes in people´s life and have also required existential adaptation so, that they could bear the stress and psychological strain. In this situation there has been more and more need for professional helping workers. The basic conditions of qualifying for a helping profession are the possession and active usage of certain attitudes, personal characteristics, and interpersonal abilities. This study examines some important factors concerning the effective realization of a helping profession among students preparing for helping and non-helping professions. The study examines the characteristics of students´ social and emotional intelligence to declare and compare their coping capacities, their opinions of human nature. The goal of the study is to give information for higher education institutions to improve the education system of helping professions. The article presents the main results and conclusions of the study.

Keywords:

helping profession, social and emotional intelligence, coping, capacities

How to Cite

Billédi, K. (2005) “CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS OF STUDENTS OF HELPING PROFESSION”, Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences, 13(1), pp. 3–14.

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