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The Science of Emotional Intelligence
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This article provides an overview of current research on emotional intelligence. Although it has been defined in many ways, we focus on the four-branch model by Mayer and Salovey (1997) , which characterizes emotional intelligence as a set of four related abilities: perceiving, using, understanding, and managing emotions. The theory provides a useful framework for studying individual differences in abilities related to processing emotional information. Despite measurement obstacles, the evidence in favor of emotional intelligence is accumulating. Emotional intelligence predicts success in important domains, among them personal and work relationships.
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Self-citationWhat good are positive emotions?
Fredrickson, B. L. (1998) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/1089-2680.2.3.300 · Cited by 6,066
What is Emotional Intelligence?
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Emotional intelligence meets traditional standards for an intelligence
Mayer, J. D., Caruso, D. R., & Salovey, P. (1999) · Intelligence · doi:10.1016/s0160-2896(99)00016-1 · Cited by 2,864
Self-citationEmotional development and emotional intelligence: Educational implications.
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Self-citationMeasuring emotional intelligence with the MSCEIT V2.0.
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Self-citationConvergent, discriminant, and incremental validity of competing measures of emotional intelligence
Brackett, M. A., & Mayer, J. D. (2003) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167203254596 · Cited by 1,351 · cited 1×
“However, scores on self-report tests of emotional intelligence such as these are highly correlated with standard personality constructs such as extroversion and neuroticism (Brackett & Mayer, 2003).”
Barrett, L. F., Gross, J., Christensen, T. C., & Benvenuto, M. (2001) · Cognition & Emotion · doi:10.1080/02699930143000239 · Cited by 1,077 · cited 2×
“Furthermore, Barrett et al.’s (2001) research on emotional differentiation relates to the third branch of emotional intelligence, understanding emotions. Pennebaker’s (1997) findings tie in nicely with the fourth branch, managing emotions.”
Opening up : the healing power of expressing emotions
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Emotional Intelligence and Social Interaction
Lopes, P. N., Brackett, M. A., Nezlek, J. B., Schütz, A., Sellin, I., & Salovey, P. (2004) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167204264762 · Cited by 916 · cited 5×
“In another study, German students were asked to keep diaries of their daily social interactions (Lopes et al., 2004).”
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Self-citationEmotional Intelligence and Emotional Responses to Hypothetical and Actual Frustrating Stressors
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Self-citationA meta-analytic investigation of the relationship between emotional intelligence and health
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Improving Emotional Intelligence: A Systematic Review of Existing Work and Future Challenges
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- Authors
- Salovey, P., & Grewal, D.
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-12
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 281-285
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W2143478798
- Cited by
- 699
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 23.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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