Emotional Intelligence and Achievement: Redefining Giftedness?

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Many researchers still consider measured intelligence as the most significant predictor for academic and life success, despite the fact that research time and again confirms that proven academic achievement is a far better predictor of academic achievement than a mere IQ score. This article examines the possible meaning of the construct “emotional intelligence”. The term is used to explain individual differences associated with life success; differences that are not sufficiently measured with traditional intelligence measuring instruments. Emotional intelligence includes social deftness, emotional stability, compassion and integrity. It is defined by Goleman, Salovey and Mayer, Bar-On and others as the ability to motivate oneself, to persist in the face of frustrations; to control impulse and delay gratification; to regulate one's moods, to keep distress from interfering with the ability to think; to empathize, to hope, to perform, to be creative. Two case studies are discussed in an attempt to facilitate a contribution to the understanding of some of the reasons for the often-found gap between a person's potential and his or her actual achievement.

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