The EI Model

Emotional Self-Awareness

• Improvement in recognizing and naming own emotions
• Better able to understand the causes of feelings
• Recognizing the difference between feelings and actions

Managing Emotions

• Better frustration tolerance and anger management
• Fewer verbal put-downs, fights, and classroom disruption
• Better able to express anger appropriately, without fighting
• Less aggressive or self-destructive behavior
• More positive feelings about self, school, and family
• Better at handling stress
• Less loneliness and social anxiety

Harnessing Emotions Productively

• Better able to take another person's perspective
• Improved empathy and sensitivity to others' feelings

Handling Relationships

• Increased ability to analyze and understand relationships
• Better at resolving conflicts and negotiating disagreements
• Better at solving problems in relationships
• More assertive and skilled at communicating
• More popular and outgoing; friendly and involved with peers
• More concerned and considerate
• More "pro-social" and harmonious in groups
• More sharing, cooperation, and helpfulness
• More democratic in dealing with others