Emotional Intelligence: Does it Make Sense in Clinical Psychology?
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The present article attempts to point out a promising model of emotional intelligence and its measure for identifying usefulness in clinical psychology research and practice. The place of emotional intelligence in clinical psychology is examined in relation to existing concepts, that is, alexithymia, neuroticism, general mental ability, social intelligence, and empathy. The psychometric status of emotional intelligence test is also discussed across the Western and Eastern cultures. Finally, it is concluded that it makes sense to talk about ability model of emotional intelligence in clinical psychology in the Western culture and it is believed that the ability model is a promising candidate in the Eastern culture too.
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