This journal brings together current research on emotional intelligence, an important factor in the development of emotional competency and cognition. The contributions are multipurpose and deal with coherent findings. As such, they represent a useful resource for teachers, researchers and students of social sciences, gender studies, and adolescent psychology, and for mental health workers.The contributors represent erudite and distinguished scholars from a variety of fields and from across the world. This allows for a multifaceted dialogue between cultural contexts, empirical studies and lucid experiences.