Emotional intelligence

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The ability to perceive, understand, and manage one's own emotions as well as the emotions of others.

Emotions: A general introduction to the definition, types, and functions of emotions.
Self-awareness: Understanding and recognizing one's own emotions, strengths, and weaknesses.
Self-regulation: The ability to control one's own emotions and impulses and manage one's actions effectively.
Motivation: The drive or desire to pursue goals and objectives in life.
Empathy: The ability to understand and relate to other people's emotions and perspectives.
Social skills: The ability to communicate effectively, build relationships, and work collaboratively with others.
Emotional Intelligence theory: Study of theoretical models that are used to explain emotional intelligence.
Perception and interpretation of emotions: How different people perceive and interpret emotions.
Emotional expression: Exploration of how people express emotions.
Coping with emotions: Strategies for responding to and coping with strong emotions.
Emotional management: Skills and strategies to manage emotions by oneself.
Workplace emotional intelligence: Understanding emotional intelligence in a work setting.
Leadership emotional intelligence: Understanding emotional intelligence’s role in the context of leadership positions.
Communication emotional intelligence: Understanding emotional intelligence’s role in interpersonal communication.
Emotional Intelligence And Stress Management An overview of emotional intelligence’s contribution to stress management.: Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to recognize, understand, and manage one's own emotions and the emotions of others, which can greatly assist in effectively managing and coping with stress.
Self-awareness: The ability to recognize and understand one's own emotions, as well as the impact they have on behavior.
Self-regulation: The ability to regulate and manage one's own emotions in a constructive way, including the ability to control impulsive reactions.
Motivation: The ability to harness one's own emotions to achieve goals, as well as the drive to achieve personal and organizational objectives.
Empathy: The ability to recognize and understand the emotions of others, as well as to respond in a caring and supportive manner.
Social skills: The ability to interact effectively with others, including the ability to communicate, to collaborate, and to resolve conflicts in a constructive way.
"Emotional intelligence (EI) is most often defined as the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions."
"The term gained popularity in the 1995 bestselling book Emotional Intelligence by science journalist Daniel Goleman."
"Goleman defined EI as the array of skills and characteristics that drive leadership performance."
"Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while others claim it is an inborn characteristic."
"In 1987, Keith Beasley first published the term Emotional Quotient (EQ), named after the Intelligence Quotient (IQ)."
"The trait model, developed by Konstantinos V. Petrides in 2001, focuses on self-reporting of behavioral dispositions and perceived abilities."
"The ability model, developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer in 2004, focuses on the individual's ability to process emotional information and use it to navigate the social environment."
"Goleman's original model may now be considered a mixed model that combines what has since been modeled separately as ability EI and trait EI."
"More recent research has focused on emotion recognition, which refers to the attribution of emotional states based on observations of visual and auditory nonverbal cues."
"Studies show that people with high EI have greater mental health, job performance, and leadership skills."
"Although no causal relationships have been shown."
"EI is typically associated with empathy because it involves a person connecting their personal experiences with those of others."
"Since its popularization in recent decades, methods of developing EI have become widely sought by people seeking to become more effective leaders."
"Criticisms have centered on whether EI is a real intelligence, and whether it has incremental validity over IQ and the Big Five personality traits."
"However, meta-analyses have found that certain measures of EI have validity even when controlling for IQ and personality."