Emotional competence is a person’s ability to:
accurately recognize, distinguish, and correctly express their own emotional states;
consciously develop the necessary feelings and emotional reactions;
understand the emotions, experiences, and motives of others;
influence the emotional climate and mood of a group.
Levels of Emotional Competence
High Level (76–100)
People with a high level of emotional competence:
respect the rights, freedoms, and dignity of each person;
do not impose their own values, but expect mutual respect for the rights of others;
possess a stable sense of self and maintain autonomy even in conditions of increased anxiety;
are able to build deep and stable personal relationships;
successfully adapt to a variety of life situations.
Moderately High (51–75)
People with this level are characterized by:
being responsible and law-abiding members of society;
acting out of a desire to maintain self-respect;
having a well-developed, but not always stable, sense of self and may experience anxiety under the influence of emotions;
being sufficiently motivated and able to delay immediate gratification;
maintaining good interpersonal relationships;
coping with most everyday and social situations.
Average (26–50)
People with average emotional competence:
are overly focused on the opinions of others and direct a significant portion of their energy toward gaining approval rather than achieving personal goals;
are more flexible and forgiving than people with low emotional competence;
function effectively with low anxiety, but as anxiety increases, adaptation may deteriorate;
depend heavily on the assessment of others when forming their self-esteem;
lack a clearly defined sense of self-identity;
often experience dissatisfaction with the quality of interpersonal relationships.
Low Level (0–25)
People with low emotional competence are characterized by:
being guided primarily by personal gain;
having a poor sense of their own personality and boundaries;
lack clearly defined goals and a plan for achieving them;
prone to dependency in relationships and needing external support;
experience difficulty maintaining stable interpersonal relationships;
expend significant emotional resources on coping with anxiety;
lead a disordered, chaotic lifestyle;
avoiding responsibility for their own actions and tending to shift blame to others.