Write a note on emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence: Expressions of emotion depend on regulation of emotion for self or others. Persons who are capable of having awareness of emotions for self or others and regulate accordingly are called emotionally intelligent. Persons who fail to do so, deviate and thereby develop abreaction of emotion, resulting in psychopathology of certain kinds.

By emotional intelligence we understand the ability of monitor one’s own and other’s emotions, to discriminate among them and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions (Mayer and Solovey, 1999). The concept of emotional intelligence subsumes intrapersonal and interpersonal elements. The intrapersonal element includes factors like self-awareness (ability to keep negative emotions and impulses under control), and self-motivation (the drive to achieve despite setbacks, developing skills to attain targets and taking initiative to act on opportunities). The interpersonal elements of emotional intelligence include two components: social awareness (the awareness and the tendency to appreciate other’s feelings) and social competence (social skills that help to adjust with others, such as team buildings, conflict management, skills of communicating, etc.)