Sex differences in emotional intelligence

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Emotional intelligence (EI) involves using cognitive and emotional abilities to function in interpersonal relationships, social groups as well as manage one's emotional states. It consists of abilities such as social cognition, empathy and also reasoning about the emotions of others.[1]

The literature finds women have higher emotional intelligence ability than men based on common ability tests such as the MSCEIT.[2] Physiological measures and behavioral tests also support this finding.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Mayer JD, Roberts RD, Barsade SG (2008). "Human abilities: emotional intelligence". Annual Review of Psychology. 59 (1): 507–36. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093646. PMID 17937602. S2CID 11801336.
  2. ^ Barrett, Lisa Feldman; Lewis, Michael; Haviland-Jones, Jeannette M. (2016). Handbook of Emotions, Fourth Edition. Guilford Publications. p. 379. ISBN 978-1-46-252536-2.
  3. ^ Joseph DL, Newman DA (January 2010). "Emotional intelligence: an integrative meta-analysis and cascading model". The Journal of Applied Psychology. 95 (1): 54–78. doi:10.1037/a0017286. PMID 20085406. S2CID 11238077.
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