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Sex differences in emotional intelligence - Wikipedia

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Emotional intelligence (EI) involves using cognitive and emotional abilities to function in interpersonal relationships, social groups as well as manage one's emotional states. It consists of abilities such as social cognition, empathy and also reasoning about the emotions of others.[1] The literature finds women have higher emotional intelligence ability than men based on common ability tests such as the MSCEIT.[2] Physiological measures and behavioral tests also support this finding.[3][4][5][6] Emotional intelligence (EI) involves using cognitive and emotional abilities to function in interpersonal relationships, social groups as well as manage one's emotional states. A person with high EI ability can perceive, comprehend and express emotion accurately, and also has the ability to access and generate feelings when needed to improve one's self and relationships with others. Women tend to score higher than men on measures of emotional intelligence, but gender stereotypes of men and wo

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