For example, a recent study found that 6th grade girls who confused feelings of anger, anxiety, loneliness, and hunger were at high risk of developing an eating disorder like bulimia or anorexia in their teens. Such children would benefit from higher self-awareness and healthier decision making. Handling emotions generally. The second dimension, knowing how to handle upsetting feelings, or impulses, is the root of emotional intelligence. The videotaped results are hilarious.
Some kids go up to the marshmallow, smell it, then leap back like it's dangerous.
Some go off in a corner and sing and dance to distract themselves. Some kids just grab it. These kids were followed up 14 years later, when they graduated from high school. Moving toward our goals is a third element of emotional intelligence. A psychologist, C.R. Snyder, devised such a measurement and tested freshmen as they entered college.