Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence (EI), often considered as an Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ), describe an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and control the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. It is a pretty new area of psychological research. The definition of EI is constantly varying.

There are a lot of opinion about the definition of EI, opinion that regard both expressions and operationalizations. One attempt near a definition was made by Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer who definite EI as “the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to distinguish among them and to use this in order to guide one's thinking and actions.”

Even though this early definition, there has been disorder regarding the exact connotation of this construct. The definition is so varied, and the field is increasing so rapidly, that researchers are regularly amending even their own definition of the build. Up to the present day, there are three main model of EI:

* Ability-based EI models

* Mixed models of EI

* Trait EI model