{"id":262121,"date":"2021-05-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalpartner.se\/?post_type=kunskapsbank&p=262121"},"modified":"2024-10-04T08:52:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:52:36","slug":"emotional-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"kunskapsbank","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalpartner.se\/en\/kunskapsbank\/emotionell-intelligens\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Emotional Intelligence?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emotional intelligence (EI), Emotional intelligence<\/em>, is a measure of a person's ability to manage their own and others' emotions, have relationships, motivate themselves and be empathetic. Emotional intelligence can also be called emotional quotient, <\/strong>Emotional Quotient (EQ)<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The story of Emotional Intelligence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the 1960s, psychology researcher Michael Beldoch studied the sensitivity of individuals to the emotions of others. He discusses this sensitivity, which he calls emotional sensitivity, in relation to intelligence. Just as you can have an underlying general intelligence that affects cognitive processes, you should be able to have an emotional intelligence that affects the ability to judge the emotions of others, he said. Beldoch was the first to use the term emotional intelligence<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He felt he could show from his research that the ability to judge the feelings of others is not made on the basis of general intelligence but on another perhaps equally basic ability. There he surmises that something that could be called emotional intelligence is what he is looking for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, however, emotional intelligence, or EQ, is mainly associated with Daniel Goleman who in 1995 wrote the book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ<\/a><\/em>. His approach to emotional intelligence and its value as a success factor has been praised by the media and the public. However, it has been criticised by researchers in the field. They argue that it is not a simplified picture but a distorted one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The definition of Emotional Intelligence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Emotional intelligence is often described as the ability to understand and manage emotions, as well as to use emotional knowledge to enhance thinking and effectively manage tasks. Emotional intelligence includes empathy, self-motivation, self-perception, self-regulation and social skills. Emotional intelligence is a measure of one's ability to socialise or relate to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Different aspects of Emotional Intelligence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>Own feelings<\/strong><\/td>Other people's feelings<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Identification of emotions<\/strong><\/td>Self-knowledge, self-awareness, identification and differentiation of own emotions.<\/td>Identifying and differentiating the emotions of others.
Feel sympathy for.
Empathise with.<\/td><\/tr>
Regulation of emotions<\/strong><\/td>Regulation of own emotions, stress management.<\/td>Regulation of others' emotions, conflict management.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Identifying your own emotions is about having some self-awareness of your feelings and why you feel what you feel. An emotionally intelligent person can also calm someone who is anxious, can make someone who is uncomfortable feel comfortable, can make someone who is negative see the silver lining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Areas where Emotional Intelligence has been studied<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The areas in which emotional intelligence has been studied are<\/p>\n\n\n\n