Mortillaro, Marcello; Schlegel, Katja (2023). Embracing the Emotion in Emotional Intelligence Measurement: Insights from Emotion Theory and Research. Journal of Intelligence, 11(11) MDPI 10.3390/jintelligence11110210
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Emotional intelligence (EI) has gained significant popularity as a scientific construct over the past three decades, yet its conceptualization and measurement still face limitations. Applied EI research often overlooks its components, treating it as a global characteristic, and there are few widely used performance-based tests for assessing ability EI. The present paper proposes avenues for advancing ability EI measurement by connecting the main EI components to models and theories from the emotion science literature and related fields. For emotion understanding and emotion recognition, we discuss the implications of basic emotion theory, dimensional models, and appraisal models of emotion for creating stimuli, scenarios, and response options. For the regulation and management of one's own and others' emotions, we discuss how the process model of emotion regulation and its extensions to interpersonal processes can inform the creation of situational judgment items. In addition, we emphasize the importance of incorporating context, cross-cultural variability, and attentional and motivational factors into future models and measures of ability EI. We hope this article will foster exchange among scholars in the fields of ability EI, basic emotion science, social cognition, and emotion regulation, leading to an enhanced understanding of the individual differences in successful emotional functioning and communication.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Personality Psychology, Differential Psychology and Diagnostics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schlegel, Katja |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education |
ISSN: |
2079-3200 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
28 Nov 2023 15:14 |
Last Modified: |
28 Nov 2023 15:22 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/jintelligence11110210 |
PubMed ID: |
37998709 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
EI measurement ability EI emotion management emotion recognition ability emotion regulation emotion theory emotion understanding emotional intelligence interpersonal emotion regulation |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/189395 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/189395 |
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