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Abstract: The connection between emotions and behavior is well documented. Emotions are an integral and significant aspect of human nature and the motivation for behavior. Research suggest that when people understand their own emotions, they have a chance to act appropriately on that understanding, connect with other people emotionally, and effectively interact to meet their needs and life's goals. Gender and race were also associated with emotional intelligence (EQ-i). Females reported higher mean interpersonal score while males reported higher intrapersonal score. African-American subjects reported lower interpersonal, intrapersonal scores and lower total EQ-i scores than Caucasians. The empirical data and research suggest that the dynamics of the socialization process with regards to emotion and their behavioral expression are different for men and women and that the same is true for race. Thus understanding that men and women, and people or color are socialized differently and how they are socialized with respect to emotions can provide insight and meaning into the of behavior people, for more effective interpersonal and intrapersonal interaction. The results of this research further indicate that emotion as measured by the Bar-On EQ-i is a complex construct that has differential implications for people based on gender and race; which may have significant influence on the development and effectiveness of social, emotional learning and thus social interaction within multiple social levels and systems and for the practice effectiveness of social work and psychology.
Keywords: emotion, behavior, emotional, social emotional learning, justice, race
The connection between emotions and behavior is well documented. Emotions are an integral and significant aspect of human nature and the motivation for behavior. When people understand their own emotions, they have a chance to act appropriately on that understanding, connect with other people emotionally, and effectively interact to meet their needs and life's goals. The dynamics of the socialization process with regards to emotion and their expression are different for men and women and for people of different races. Thus, understanding how men and women and people of color are socialized with respect to emotions can also provide insight and meaning into people's behavior for more effective interpersonal and intrapersonal interaction.
My exploratory study examined a connection between emotion and behavior by examining the connection between the construct of emotional intelligence (EI)...