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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 281-285Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00381.x
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emotional intelligence; emotions; social interaction
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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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