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Introduction
emotionalintelligenceaswasINTE,thePolishversionoftheques-
tionnaireofNicolaSchutteandcolleagues.Thelatter,duetothena-
tureoftheitems,canalsobetreatedasaninstrumentmeasuringemo-
tionalcompetenciesandwasusedforthisverypurposeinoneofthe
studies.
Theadoptedmodelofshapingsocialandemotionalcompetencies
assumesthattheyariseduringthelifecoursethankstotheintellectual
processingofexperiencesthatwereacquiredinsocialandtasksitua-
tions.Participationinsuchsituationsconstitutesaspecifictraining.Its
intensitydependsonthepropertiesofthepersonalityandtempera-
ment,whereaseffectivenessdependsonthepossessedintellectualca-
pacityparticularlysocialandemotionalintelligence.
InaseriesofresearchpresentedbyAnnaMatczakandKatarzyna
MartowskainChapterOne,therelationshipbetweensocialcompe-
tenciesandemotionalintelligencewasbeendemonstratedalongwith
socialinvolvementandself-evaluation,whicharetreatedasmotiva-
tionaldeterminantsoftheefficacyofsocialtraining.Theexpected
differencesbetweensocialcompetenciesofextrovertsandintroverts
werealsofoundalongwithdatasuggestingthatinthecaseofthefor-
mer,emotionalabilitiesarebetterpredictorsofcompetencies,while
motivationalfactorsarebetterpredictorsforthelatter.
ChapterTwowrittenbyKatarzynaA.Knoppdiscussesresearch
onrelationsbetweensocialcompetenciesandtemperament.Itis
thoughtthatthestructureoftemperamentdeterminingalargecapacity
forprocessingstimulationpredestinesanindividualtogreatersocial
activityandfacilitatesthedevelopmentofsocialcompetencies.Onthe
otherhand,however,itcanalsobethoughtthatsuchtraitsassensory
sensitivity,perseverationandemotionalreactivitythatareinconsistent
withthisstructurecangiverisetogreaterconcentrationonotherpeo-
pleandrelationswiththem,thusservingthedevelopmentofsocial
skills.Itishardlysurprising,therefore,thattheresultsofprevious
studiesarenotcompletelyunambiguous.Itseemsthattherelations
foundcandependonothervariablessuchasthetypeofcompetencies
underexaminationorthesexoftherespondents.Theresultspresented
byKnoppconfirmthisassumption.Thesecondpartofthischapter