This study analyzes the relationship between emotion understanding and school achievement in children of primary school, considering age, gender, fluid intelligence, mother’s educational level and social competence. In this study participated 406 children of primary school. The instruments used were the Test of Emotion Comprehension, Colored Progressive Matrices of Raven, Socially Action and Interpersonal Problem Solving Scale. The structural equation model showed the relationship between the emotion understanding and school performance depends on a mediator variable that in the context of the study was designated social competence. Age appear as an explanatory factor of the differences found, the mother’s educational level only predicts significantly social emotional competence, fluid intelligence is a predictor of emotion understanding, school achievement and social emotional competence. Regarding the influence of sex, emotional understanding does not emerge as a significant predictor of social emotional competence in girls or boys. Multiple relationships between the various factors associated with school achievement and social emotional competence are discussed as well as their implications in promoting child development and school success.

Science education plays a critical role as political priority due to its fundamental importance in engaging students to pursue technological careers considered essential in modern societies, in order to face scientific development challenges. High-level achievement on science education and positive attitudes toward science constitutes a crucial challenge for formal education. Several studies indicate close relationships between students’ attitudes, cognitive abilities, and academic achievement. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of student’s attitudes toward the school discipline of Physics and Chemistry and their reasoning abilities on academic achievement on that school subject, among Portuguese 9th grade students using the data collected during the Project Academic Performance and Development: a longitudinal study on the effects of school transitions in Portuguese students (PTDC/CPE-CED/104884/2008). The participants were 470 students (267 girls – 56.8% and 203 boys – 43.2%), aged 14–16 years old (μ = 14.3 ± 0.58). The attitude data were collected using the Attitude toward Physics-Chemistry Questionnaire (ATPCQ) and, the Reasoning Test Battery (RTB) was used to assess the students reasoning abilities. Achievement was measured using the students’ quarterly (9-week) grades in the physics and chemistry subject. The relationships between the attitude dimensions toward Physics-chemistry and the reasoning dimensions and achievement in each of the three school terms were assessed by multiple regression stepwise analyses and standardized regression coefficients (β), calculated with IBM SPSS Statistics 21 software. Both variables studied proved to be significant predictor variables of school achievement. The models obtained from the use of both variables were always stronger accounting for higher proportions of student’s grade variations. The results show that ATPCQ and RTB had a significantly positive relationship with student’s achievement in Physics-chemistry, indicating that both attitudinal and cognitive variables should be taken into account on science education as well as in educative intervention.

RESUMO -A compreensão emocional é uma componente-chave da competência emocional, que se tem vindo a constatar ser importante para um melhor entendimento do desenvolvimento infantil. Este artigo faz uma revisão teórica desse construto, situando-o nos estudos sobre inteligência emocional e clarificando a sua definição. Apresentam-se, igualmente, os diferentes instrumentos que existem para a sua avaliação assim como os estudos que trazem evidências sobre o seu desenvolvimento. Concluiu-se que está demonstrada a existência de importantes mudanças na compreensão emocional da criança entre os 18 meses e os 12 anos. No entanto, é ainda necessário: a) reduzir a inconsistência conceptual presente nesse construto; b) determinar o que prediz; c) determinar se o seu ensino tem um efeito desejável no comportamento dos indivíduos. Palavras-chave: compreensão emocional, inteligência emocional, desenvolvimento Emotional Comprehension DevelopmentABSTRACT -Emotional understanding is a key component of emotional competence, which has been singled out to be important for a better comprehension of child development. This paper is a theoretical review of this construct, placing it in the studies of emotional intelligence and clarifying its definition. It also presents the different existing tools towards its assessment as well as the array of studies providing evidence on its development. This theoretical research paper accounts for significantchanges inemotional understandingof childrenaged between 18 monthsand 12 years. Nonetheless, it is still necessary to: a) reduce theconceptualinconsistencyevidenced in thisconstruct; b) determine what it predicts; c) give an account whether its teachinghas adesirable impact on subjects' behaviour.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, use, understand and regulate emotions to facilitate thought (Mayer and Salovey, 1997). The concept of burnout is the English expression to describe what stopped functioning because of the exhaustion of energy (France, 1987, cited by Carlotto, 2012.This study aimed to understand the perceived emotional intelligence as a protective factor against burnout, as well as studying the relationship between emotional intelligence and burnout.The sample was constituted by 250 teachers in the 2 nd cycle (26.4%), 3 rd cycle (57.2%) and Secondary school (16.4%), with (70.4%) females and (29.6%), males in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), Portugal.As instruments, we used a socio-demographic and professional's questionnaire, the trait metamood scale (TMMS-24), the expressiveness and emotion regulation of Berkeley questionnaire and the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI).In the study did not find evidence that marital status, age, length of service and level of education influences taught emotional intelligence and burnout. Only gender seems to influence emotional intelligence.To confirm the statistical relationship between emotional intelligence and burnout, we used Spearman´s correlation test between variables and it was concluded that the higher the repair of emotions, the less emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and higher the revaluation emotions are higher is the emotional exhaustion.

Resumo O construto de inteligência emocional tem sido estudado em várias áreas do desenvolvimento humano, nomeadamente na área da saúde organizacional. No entanto, está ainda muito pouco estudada a sua relação com o engagement, e menos ainda com a saúde dos Professores. O engagement é considerado saudável para o desempenho dos professores e o seu bem-estar, beneficiando não somente o indivíduo, mas também, as organizações para onde trabalha. Este estudo teve precisamente como objetivo compreender a relação entre a inteligência emocional e o engagement. A amostra foi constituída por 250 professores do 2º ciclo (5.º e 6.º ano) (26.4%), 3º ciclo (7.º, 8.º e 9.º ano) (57.2%) e Secundário (10.º, 11.º e 12.º ano) (16.4 %), do género feminino (70.4%) e do masculino (29.6%), da Região Autónoma da Madeira (RAM), Portugal. Utilizámos como instrumentos, o Trait Meta-Mood Scale, o Questionário de Expressividade e o de Regulação Emocional de Berkeley e o Utrech Work Engagement Scale. Nos nossos resultados encontramos que quanto maior a atenção às emoções, clareza de sentimentos e reparação do estado emocional, maior é o vigor, dedicação e a absorção. A idade e o tempo de serviço não se mostraram relevantes para a explicação da relação entre os construtos. Concluiu-se que os professores que conseguem regular as suas emoções envolvem-se mais no trabalho e utilizam todas as suas capacidades físicas, cognitivas e emocionais, enquanto desempenham as suas funções, ultrapassando os obstáculos que se lhes interpõem.Palabras chave: inteligência emocional, regulação emocional, engagement psicológico, professores do ensino básico, professores do ensino secundário Abstract The emotional intelligence construct has been studied in various areas of human development, in particular in the area of organizational health. However, it has been insufficiently researched its relationship with the engagement, and even less with the health of Teachers. The engagement is considered healthy for teachers' performance and their welfare, benefiting not only the individual, but also the organisations where they work. Therefore, this study was precisely aimed at understanding the relationship between emotional intelligence and the engagement. The sample consisted of 250 teachers of the 2nd cycle (5th and 6th year) (26.4%) and 3rd cycle (7th, 8th and 9th year) (57.2%) of the basic education and secondary education (10th, 11Th and 12th year) (16.4%), female (70.4%) and male (29.6%) teachers of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), Portugal. We used as instruments, the Trait Meta-Mood Scale, Questionnaire of expressiveness and Emotional adjustment