The development concepts ?emotional intelligence? in psychology

Revealed areas of research concept of emotional competence are described. The article presents the summarized results of the theoretical study of emotional competence, based on the research of domestic and foreign scholars. Considered in detail the definition and structure of individual emotional competence. Dedicated characteristic content features of the phenomenon. Defined relationship between the concepts of "emotional intelligence", "emotional competence", "emotional literacy", "emotional maturity", "emotional culture". The social significance of the phenomenon is grounded.