The science of emotional intelligence: Current consensus and controversies.

By M. Zeidner, R. Roberts, Gerald Matthews. 2008

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Almost from its inception, the emotional intelligence (EI) construct has been an elusive one. After nearly 2 decades of research, there still appears to be little consensus over how EI should be conceptualized or assessed and the efficacy of practical applications in real life settings. This paper aims at providing a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in research involving this newly minted construct. Specifically, in separate sections of this article, we set out to distinguish what is known from what is unknown in relation to three paramount concerns of EI research, i.e., conceptualization, assessment, and applications. In each section, we start by discussing assertions that may be made with some degree of confidence, elucidating what are essentially sources of consensus concerning EI. We move then to discuss sources of controversy; those things for which there is less agreement among EI researchers. We hope that this “straight talk” about the current status of EI research will provide a platform for new r...

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Self- and other-focused emotional intelligence: Development and validation of the Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale (REIS) (2018, background): “Accordingly, an important question is whether dealing with one's own emotions or the emotions of other individuals are of equal importance for the prediction of criteria (Brasseur, Grégoire, Bourdu, &Mikolajczak, 2013; Zeidner et al., 2008).”
Team Emotional Intelligence and Performance (2012, background): “Although controversies exist regarding the ability- and trait-based conceptualizations of EI, systematic comparisons and further theoretical development are required to push the science of EI forward as a valid domain of inquiry (Zeidner et al., 2008).”
Emotional Intelligence Scores Predict Team Sports Performance in a National Cricket Competition (2009, background): “Finally, the construct of emotional intelligence has attracted both adherents and detractors, resulting in consensus and controversy that range from ontological to epistemological [32, 48] These unresolved issues related to emotional intelligence clearly have implications for researchers and those i”
Job Demands–Resources theory and self-regulation: new explanations and remedies for job burnout (2020, background): “Individuals with a high level of EI generally possess excellent emotion appraisal and coping skills, and therefore their experience of stress from emotionally demanding events is reduced (Pekaar et al., 2018a; Zeidner et al., 2008).”