01767nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001200118653002700130653002000157653002500177100003000202700002400232245004900256300001200305490000600317520121000323022001401533020001401547       1999                            d  c07/1999bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aEmotion10aEmotional intelligence10ametamood s cale10aemotional adjustment1 aPablo Fernández Berrocal1 aNatalia Ramos Díaz00aEmpirical Research on Emotional Intelligence  a247-2600 v53 aThe concept of emotional intelligence has recently received considerable attention in various books, magazines and journals. Each new discussion of the concept, however, seems to employ a different definition. We discuss the model of emotional intelligence (EI) developed by Salovey and Mayer (Mayer & Salovey, 1997). Their model consists of the following four branches of emotional intelligence: perception, appraisal, and expression of emotion; emotional facilitation of thinking; understanding, analyzing and employing emotional knowledge; and reflective regulation of emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth. Research related to the four branches is reviewed. Finally, we analyze two studies about relations between EI and psychological adjustment in everyday life. The first study examines the impact of EI on the emotional adjustment of 250 highschool students, and the second study explores the influence of the EI on the depressive state of 217 women during pregnancy. In summary, EI predicted psychological adjustment in different contexts and it appears to hold significant promise as means to better understand how dispositional variables relate to stress, coping, and adaptation.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437