Social intelligence as a predictor of personal safety of adolescents with mental retardation

Stepanova Nataliya Anatol’yevna, Maksimova Daria Alekseevna

the article considers the problem of the interdependence of the degree of personal security and the level of development of social intelligence in adolescents with mental retardation (intellectual disabilities). Special attention is paid to the consideration of the structural components of social intelligence and the levels of its development. The empirical results of this study are proposed, on the basis of which the technologies of correctional and developmental work aimed at the development of social intelligence in order to improve the personal safety of children of this category are selected.

Keywords:social intelligence, personal security, adolescence, mental retardation, social adaptation.