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Emotional intelligence: New ability or eclectic traits?
Abstract
Some individuals have a greater capacity than others to carry out sophisticated information processing about emotions and emotion-relevant stimuli and to use this information as a guide to thinking and behavior. The authors have termed this set of abilities emotional intelligence (EI). Since the introduction of the concept, however, a schism has developed in which some researchers focus on EI as a distinct group of mental abilities, and other researchers instead study an eclectic mix of positive traits such as happiness, self-esteem, and optimism. Clarifying what EI is and is not can help the field by better distinguishing research that is truly pertinent to EI from research that is not. EI--conceptualized as an ability--is an important variable both conceptually and empirically, and it shows incremental validity for predicting socially relevant outcomes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P., & Caruso, D. R.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 503-517
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2099154717
- Cited by
- 1,662
- References
- 18
- FWCI
- 74.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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