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Coping with the stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: future research agenda based on emotional intelligence (( Afrontando el estrés causado por la pandemia COVID-19: futura agenda de investigación desde la inteligencia emocional ))
Emotional intelligence provides a unified theoretical framework for studying the role of emotional skills in the processes of stress and well-being, which is extraordinarily applicable in this crisis caused by COVID-19. Thus, below we shall provide a non-exhaustive analysis of the potential consequences of this pandemic, suggesting several future avenues of research to examine intrapersonal and interpersonal psychosocial processes based on emotional intelligence.
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