Emotional intelligence and personality dimensions of adolescents according to the gender factor

Abstract

The article presents general characteristics of the concept of emotional intelligence from the perspective of several authors; some theoretical approaches are presented with reference to the components of emotional intelligence. The article includes only some sequences of the research carried out on the subject of emotional intelligence and value orientations in adolescents. These specifically refer to the relationship, depending on the gender factor, between emotional intelligence and its scales (emotional competence; managing one's own emotions; self-motivation; empathy; recognizing the emotions of others) with personality dimensions: self-confidence, social courage, initiating social contacts, social intelligence, success motivation, communication skills, organizational skills, states and personality traits in the process of social adaptation and behavioral regulation of personality according to the scales of the FPI questionnaire (nervousness, spontaneous aggression, depression; emotionality, sociability, calm character, dominance, inhibition; open nature, extraversion - introversion, emotional lability; masculinity - femininity). The paper outlines both the differences between the means and the statistically significant differences for all the listed dimensions.