Mental health and social intelligence of students with special educational needs of Ukrainian higher education institutions

The purpose of the scientific research is an empirical study of the mental health and social intelligence of students with special educational needs of Ukrainian higher education institutions. Empirically found that most students have average levels of mental health and psychological well-being and a high level of social well-being. The level of social intelligence of most students is average, which is confirmed by their ability to understand different life situations, nonverbal and verbal behavioral expression and anticipate the behavior of others. Students were identified by a statistically significant direct and strong relationship between mental health and the ability to understand verbal behavioral expression and the ability to anticipate other people’s behavior, as well as between social well-being and the ability to understand verbal behavioral expression and a general indicator of social intelligence; feedback and strong relationship between psychological well-being and the ability to understand nonverbal behavioral expression.