Friday 24 July 09:50
- 11:20
Hall: 16 - Room 13 SA
Chair and Presenter:
Fiori Marina
Discussant:
Van Der Linden Dimitri
Division: Division 2: Psychological Assessment and Evaluation
This symposium presents cutting-edge perspectives on emotional intelligence (EI), a construct once debated for its scientific status, but now increasingly supported as central to human competence. The aim is to explore where EI research is heading over the next decade by highlighting innovative theoretical and applied approaches. Carolyn MacCann examines how core EI abilities—understanding emotional information and regulating emotions—translate into everyday processes. Her findings show that EI is closely tied to two mechanisms central to daily emotion regulation: context sensitivity and regulatory flexibility. Marina Fiori introduces a dual-process model that distinguishes between deliberate emotion knowledge (EIK) and a newly proposed component, emotion information processing (EIP), which reflects rapid, automatic sensitivity to affective cues. This framework offers fresh insights into the mechanisms of ability EI and their applications in education and the workplace. Antonella D'Amico presents MetaEmotional Intelligence (MEI), a multidimensional construct that captures beliefs about emotions and awareness of one's emotional abilities. By examining discrepancies between self-perceived and tested ability, MEI provides new tools for promoting emotional awareness across the life span. Don Saklofske proposes an expanded framework of Personal Intelligence (PI), integrating elements of EI, social intelligence, and motivational intelligence. His work underscores the importance of conation—a motivational component often overlooked in traditional EI models. Finally, Dimitri Van der Linden offers a critical commentary on these emerging directions, outlining future avenues for EI research. Taken together, the symposium demonstrates how the field is evolving toward more sophisticated, integrative models of emotional functioning, bridging theory and practice to better capture the complexities of human behavior.
