READING MORE ABOUT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

There have been a number of magazine articles on emotional intelligence, a few of which we list here. The intent of this section, however, is to provide the reader with information on the scientific study of emotional intelligence.

General Reading

The most recent description of the theory of emotional intelligence is found in Mayer, J.D., & Salovey, P. (1997). What Is Emotional Intelligence. In P. Salovey and D. Sluyter (Eds.), Emotional Development, Emotional Literacy, and Emotional Intelligence: Implications for Educators. New York: Basic Books.

For general readings on emotional literacy, see the other chapters in Emotional Development and Emotional Intelligence: Implications for Educators.

Research on the MEIS™ may be found in: Mayer, J.D., Caruso, D.R., & Salovey, P. (1997). Emotional intelligence meets traditional standards for an intelligence. Manuscript submitted for publication.

For a general discussion of different approaches to emotional intelligence, see: Mayer, J.D., Salovey, P., & Caruso, D.R. (1998). Competing models of emotional intelligence. In R.J. Sternberg (Ed.), Handbook of Human Intelligence (2nd edition).

Academic Reviews Of Research On The General Concept

P. Salovey & J. Mayer. (1990). Emotional intelligence. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 9, 185-211.

J. Mayer & P. Salovey. (1993). The intelligence of emotional intelligence. Intelligence, 17, 433 - 442.

P. Salovey, C. Hsee, & J. Mayer. (1993). Emotional intelligence and the self-regulation of affect. In D. Wegner & J. Pennebaker (Eds.), Handbook of mental control (pp 258-277). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

J. D. Mayer and P. Salovey, What Is Emotional Intelligence? (1997). In P. Salovey and D. Sluyter (Eds.), Emotional Development, Emotional Literacy, and Emotional Intelligence. New York: Basic Books.

J.D. Mayer, D.R. Caruso, and P. Salovey. (1997). Emotional intelligence meets standards for a traditional intelligence. Manuscript submitted for publication.

J.D. Mayer, P. Salovey, and D.R. Caruso. (1998). Competing models of human intelligence. In R.J. Sternberg (Ed.), Handbook of Human Intelligence.

Identifying Emotions

J. Mayer, M. DiPaolo, & P. Salovey. (1990). Perceiving affective content in ambiguous visual stimuli: A component of emotional intelligence. Journal of Personality Assessment, 54, 772 - 781.

J. Mayer & G. Geher. (1996). Emotional intelligence and the identification of emotion. Intelligence, 22, 89 - 113.

J. Mayer. (1986). How mood influences cognition. In N. Sharkey (Ed.) Advances in Cognitive Science (pp 290-314). Chichester, West Sussex: Ellis Horwood Ltd.

Understanding Emotions

J. Averill & E. Nunley. (1992). Voyages of the heart: Living an emotionally creative life. New York: Free Press.

P. Salovey, C. Hsee, & J. Mayer. (1993). Emotional intelligence and the self-regulation of affect. In D. Wegner & J. Pennebaker (Eds.), Handbook of mental control (pp 258-277). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

J. Mayer & P. Salovey. (1995). Emotional intelligence and the construction and regulation of feelings. Applied and Preventative Psychology, 4, 197 - 208.

Regulating Emotions

J. Mayer & Y. Gaschke. (1988). The experience and meta-experience of mood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 102-111.

P. Salovey, C. Hsee, & J. Mayer. (1993). Emotional intelligence and the self-regulation of affect. In D. Wegner & J. Pennebaker (Eds.), Handbook of mental control (pp 258-277). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

J. Mayer & A. Stevens. (1994). An emerging understanding of the reflective (meta-) experience of mood. Journal of Research in Personality, 28, 351-373.

J. Mayer & P. Salovey. (1995). Emotional intelligence and the construction and regulation of feelings. Applied and Preventative Psychology, 4, 197 - 208.

P. Salovey, J. Mayer, S. Goldman, C. Turvey, & T. Palfai. (1995). Emotional attention, clarity, and repair: Exploring emotional intelligence using the Trait Meta-Mood Scale. In J. Pennebaker (Ed.), Emotion, disclosure, and health (pp 125-154). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Popular Reading on Emotional Intelligence and Related Topics

A general overview of Emotional Intelligence can be obtained from Daniel Goleman's book Emotional Intelligence. Goleman's book covers emotional intelligence, but also discusses many other emotional, social, and personality factors which he believes falls under the general heading of emotional intelligence, and more generally speaking, character.

Many magazine articles have appeared on emotional intelligence, including:

N. Gibbs. (October 2, 1995). Time, What's your EQ? pp 60-68.

R. Henig. (June, 1996). McCall's, Are you smarter than you think?" pp 84-91.

Research on careers and emotional intelligence is reported in M. Yate. (1997). CareerSmarts: Jobs With a Future. New York: Ballantine.