erences in how people feel about things. Handling relationships: Managing emotions in others; social competence and social skills. Emotional intelligence does not mean giving free rein to feelings; rather it means managing feelings so that they are expressed appropriately and effectively, enabling people to work smoothly toward their common goals. It is my belief that compared to IQ and expertise, emotional intelligence matters twice as much to achieve excellence in different professions and it is particularly central to leadership qualities. Measuring emotions is completed through measuring all three components. A researcher may measure ones heart rate after that person has been told no to something the have request. They may conduct studies to see the different facial expressions on children when participating in the same activity. Research of the experiential component could be concluded by self-report. A researcher may ask a child how they feel after certain incidents. Measures that utilize all three components, expressive, physiological and experiential can be found in some emotional testing instruments but not all. Below is a list of some of the most popular instruments for assessing emotions: Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist-Revised - Zuckerman, Marvin and Lubin, Bernard Scale for Shallow Affect - Jackson, Douglas N. and Payne, I. Reed Positive - Negative Affect Scale - Bradburn, N. M. Emotions Profile Index - based on Plutchnik's theory of emotions. There are over one hundred instruments that assess depression. Several examples are listed below. Beck Depression Inventory Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation Beck Hopelessness Scale Hamilton Depression Rating Scale There are over 200 anxiety instruments, many focusing on specific types of anxieties. Beck Anxiety Inventory Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale The Anxiety Symptom Rating Scale Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) Assessing affect h...
