- The ability to self-regulate emotional state as the basis of the professionalism of social workers
The ability to self-regulate emotional state as the basis of the professionalism of social workers
Journal Health of Woman. 2026. 1(182): 125-133. doi: 10.15574/HW.2026.1(182).125133
Shui N. V.1, Yunyk I. D.2, Yatsyuk M. V.3, Danylchuk L. O.4, Dziuba O. M.1
1State University of Trade and Economics, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
2State University of Trade and Economics, Kyiv, Ukraine
3PHEE «Vinnytsia Academy of Continuing Education», Ukraine
4SI «Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University», Lubny, Ukraine
For citation: Shui NV, Yunyk ID, Yatsyuk MV, Danylchuk LO, Dziuba OM. (2026). The ability to self-regulate emotional state as the basis of the professionalism of social workers. Ukrainian Journal Health of Woman. 1(182): 125-133. doi: 10.15574/HW.2026.1(182).125133
Article received: Dec 12, 2025. Accepted for publication: Jan 28, 2026.
The ability to self-regulate the emotional state as the basis of the professionalism of social workers is becoming an urgent problem.
Aim – to conduct a theoretical analysis of scientific sources that characterize the ability to self-regulate the emotional state as the basis of the professionalism of social workers.
The task of self-regulation of the emotional state of social sphere specialists is to relieve social workers, their ability to control their own emotions, a component of the emotional competence of a modern social sphere specialist, the basis of their professional health and a psycho-corrective tool. The ability to self-regulate the emotional state as the basis of the professionalism of social workers is considered as self-control, self-programming and self-correction of the behavior of social sphere specialists and is a purposeful self-regulation of processes at the level of mental states, which leads to the optimization of their state, regulates relationships, activities, behavior and functional state.
Women working in the social sphere (and there are significantly more of them than male specialists) must be able to solve most of the complex specialized tasks and applied problems in the social sphere. The difficult life circumstances of clients in the social sphere often become factors that determine their social undemandingness and can cause both material and social and psychological problems. The lack of ability to self-regulate the emotional state of social workers leads to increased anxiety and emotional discomfort. This actualizes the need to update the professional competencies of Ukrainian social workers in such areas of social work as: education, medicine, law enforcement, psychiatry.
Focusing on the formation of empathy, stress resistance and communication skills, practical skills for creating situations of success is a component of both mastering the techniques of cognitive-behavioral therapy and independent training in self-regulation of social workers.
The authors declare the absence of a conflict of interest.
Keywords: mental health, social workers, self-regulation, self-regulation of emotional state, mental self-regulation, mental states.
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