Editorial: Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities

Frontiers in Psychology

Pablo Fernández-Berrocal¹ 

关键词: emotions;    emotional intelligence;    cognitive abilities;    personality;    health;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00955

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

A quarter-century after Peter Salovey and John Mayer introduced the concept of emotional intelligence (EI; Salovey and Mayer, 1990), it remains an important and growing research area. EI is usually analyzed from the perspective of the ability model or mixed models. The ability model focuses on an individual's mental abilities to apply information provided by emotions for the improvement of cognitive processing. Mixed models conceptualize EI as the combination of mental abilities, stable behavioral traits and personality variables (see Mayer et al., 2008). The present research topic brings together 14 articles that, building on previous studies (Mayer et al., 2008; Fernández-Berrocal et al., 2014; Webb et al., 2014), analyze the relevance of EI in different domains of daily life, including health-related outcomes, social functioning, and academic and workplace performance. These articles approach the problem from different theoretical perspectives using different measurements.

【 授权许可】

CC BY