Quiz: Find Your Emotional Intelligence IQ (E-IQ)          

20 Questions (5 minutes)

I manage to find an outlet to express my emotions (e.g. Writing in a journal or blog, playing some music, drawing or painting, etc.).

When I feel negative emotions starting to crop up, I stop and take a moment to ask myself what I am feeling, and why.

When I am feeling anxious I can think of ways to calm myself down.

I have difficulty snapping myself out of a grumpy mood.

I am impatient.

When I am feeling negative emotions, like anger or sadness, I try to ignore them as much as possible.

I tend to over-analyze situations, finding problems that don't really exist.

I avoid fights, expressing my opinion, or doing what I want for fear that I will upset others or lose their love/friendship.

If a friend or intimate partner is upset with me, I am likely to:

I am surprised by my emotional reactions to situations I encounter in my life.

When I need to do something difficult or unpleasant, I find it hard to motivate myself to get started.

If the situation calls for it, I can be civil to a person whom I really dislike (e.g. At a get-together of a mutual friend or a business meeting).

I tend to postpone or avoid discussing touchy topics.

I find myself feeling nervous about situations or events, and I don't even know why.

I have certain compulsive habits that I just can't seem to stop (e.g. overeating).

Once a pessimistic thought pops into my head, it's like a floodgate opens - my thoughts get more and more negative.

I adjust my behavior depending on who I am interacting with (e.g. Calm and friendly with a child, serious and professional with my boss, etc.).

When assessing how I feel emotionally about a situation or a person, I:

If someone were feeling enraged, which of the following activities would probably be the most challenging for him/her to do with ease?

You're riding an exercise bike at your gym in a room by yourself when a person walks into the room playing loud music on their phone. The person is holding headphones but they are not plugged in, and the music is a genre you strongly dislike. How are you most likely to respond?