Emotional Intelligence: Identifying Emotions from Facial Expressions

By : Sweta Saraff, Malabika Tripathi

Page No: 97-106

Abstract:
The association between emotional intelligence and the ability to accurately recognize and identify different facial expressions is unexplored. The current situation of the pandemic has forced many people to face intense and complex emotions that are difficult to process or manage. Emotional intelligence affects individuals’ ability to perceive and identify complex emotions through nonverbal cues such as facial expressions. This paper discusses the relationship between emotional intelligence (EQ) and the recognition of emotions accurately. The participants are 200 undergraduates from universities in India. They were administered the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) (Schutte et al., 1998) online for measuring emotional intelligence. Google Form was prepared to study participants’ ability to recognize emotions via images depicting facial expressions. The result shows a significant positive correlation of 0.67 between EQ and accurate recognition of emotions. The findings reiterate that reading others’ facial expressions can be a precursor to emotional intelligence.

Authors :
Mrunal Tare
Visiting faculty (Psychology) – Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune.

Vaishali Bendre
Visiting Faculty (Department of Psychology) – MIT WPU, Pune, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2022.17.01.9