John D. Mayer|Peter Salovey|David Caruso
Emotional intelligence: New ability or eclectic traits?
University of New Hampshire|Yale University|Yale University
individuals greater capacity others carry sophisticated information processing emotions emotionrelevant stimuli use information guide thinking behavior authors termed set abilities emotional intelligence ei since introduction concept however schism developed researchers focus ei distinct group mental abilities researchers instead study eclectic mix positive traits happiness selfesteem optimism clarifying ei help field better distinguishing research truly pertinent ei research eiconceptualized abilityis important variable conceptually empirically shows incremental validity predicting socially relevant outcomes