The present study is a contribution toward the analysis of the claim that EI basically consists of
the ability for emotion perception. It revealed that different measures of the concept were related
to more accurate perception of mood as experienced by others. Results further suggest that EI
may be construed, in part, as a matter of emotional reactivity. This facet of EI seems to be of some
importance for an empathy-related ability to perceive emotions as experienced by others in the
concurrent situation. Another important finding was that successful social adjustment is related
to, on the one hand, a greater variation in self-perceived mood, and on the other hand, a more
accurate perception of variations in others mood. In sum, there seems to be an interesting interconnection
between emotion perception and social adjustment that needs to be elaborated upon
in future research on EI.