The Science of Emotional Regulation

Why “emotional intelligence” is out and interoception is in

Jillian Enright
neurodiversified
Published in
5 min readJan 19, 2024

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The idea that people needed to build their “emotional intelligence” became a pop-psychology fad in the 90s and early 2000s.

Well, that’s not entirely accurate. The growth of this concept began with an actual research article published in 1990. In that paper, the authors define…

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Jillian Enright
neurodiversified

She/they. Neurodivergent, 20+ yrs SW & Psych. experience. I write about mental health, neurodiversity, education, and parenting. Founder of Neurodiversity MB.