Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

List of Figures and Tables xi

Preface: Introduction by the Editors xii

Acknowledgments xvi

Chapter 1 Emotional Intelligence: A Brief Historical Introduction 1
Moshe Zeidner and Gerald Matthews

Chapter 2 Trait and Ability Conceptualizations of Emotional Intelligence 18
Elizabeth J. Austin

Chapter 3 Emotional Self‐Efficacy 32
Nicola S. Schutte

Chapter 4 Measuring Emotional Intelligence 44
Luke E. R. Brown, Pamela Qualter, and Carolyn MacCann

Chapter 5 An Overview of Emotional Intelligence in Early Childhood 64
Craig S. Bailey and Susan E. Rivers

Chapter 6 Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Education in the School Years 81
Juan‐Carlos Pérez‐González and Pamela Qualter

Chapter 7 Emotional Intelligence in Adolescence and Early Adulthood 105
Sarah K. Davis

Chapter 8 Emotional Intelligence in Higher Education 123
Debbie J. Pope and Lorraine Dacre Pool

Chapter 9 Emotional Intelligence and the Workplace 136
Lorraine Dacre Pool

Chapter 10 Emotional Intelligence for Health Care Professions – Professional Compathy 149
Theo Stickley and Dawn Freshwater

Chapter 11 Emotional Intelligence, Stress, and Health: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Turn to Emotions 161
Kateryna V. Keefer, Donald H. Saklofske, and James D. A. Parker

Chapter 12 Emotional Intelligence and Ageing 184
Pamela Qualter and Maria Gallagher

References 193

Index 241

About the Author

DR. LORRAINE DACRE POOL is a Chartered Psychologist and Principal Lecturer at the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. She has a BA in Social Psychology, an MSc in Occupational/Organisational Psychology, and a PhD in Emotional Intelligence and Graduate Employability.

PAMELA QUALTER, PhD is Professor of Psychology for Education at Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. She is one of the UK's leading experts in the field of child/adolescent loneliness and is an important researcher of social and emotional skills within education.