Levels of Emotional Intelligence in Gifted Children

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Published: Sep 14, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/plogos.27925
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emotional intelligence gifted children intelligence empathy
Αικατερίνη Πλούμπη
Αλέξανδρος-Σταμάτιος Αντωνίου
Abstract
According to Goleman, emotional intelligence comprises characteristics such as the person’s motivation, resilience to obstacles, self-control of reactions, mood self-regulation that impedes the thinking ability, stress avoidance, empathy and optimism. Research has shown that intelligence and emotional intelligence do not constitute contrasting concepts but often coexist. Gifted children perform higher than their classmates in terms of their cognitive level, creativity, arts and leadership behaviour. With regard to the gifted children’s levels of emotional intelligence, research findings have revealed significant differences compared to the average intelligent students, since gifted children appear to display greater social and emotional maturity, better adjustment and higher levels of emotional intelligence. More specifically, research has shown that although significant differences exist between the two aforementioned populations in the subscales of emotional intelligence related to self-awareness as well as management and mobilization of emotions, no differences have been identified in the subscales of empathy and social skills. On the other hand, however, other findings reveal that there are no significant differences in emotional intelligence between gifted children and their peers.Further research is, thus, required in the population group of gifted children
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