Six Seconds’ approach to emotional intelligence and the process of social emotional learning is grounded in practitioner research.  Here are three resources to learn more about the research and science in our work:

 

Action ResearchSix Seconds is committed to supporting research in social emotional learning

We do this by:

1)  Providing consultation to EQ and SEL researchers, including doctoral and masters students, university faculty, and action researchers in schools throughout the world, who are interested in the Six Seconds model and assessment measures.

2)  Providing an opportunity and a space for researchers and practitioners to share their work, inspiring and connecting with others.

  • Webinars
  • Articles and Blog Posts
  • Peer to Peer conferences

3) Providing subsidies for researchers who wish to use Six Seconds’ approach and tools through our Grants program.

SEL Research Bibliography

What studies, dissertations and cases cite Six Seconds’ emotional intelligence tools and methods? In addition to the research archive in Six Seconds’ library (selected articles to the right), the following citations may be of use to scholars:

Aldan de Araujo, C., & Stillman, P. (2018). Como liderar no mundo VUCA – lições da Siemens Healthineers. Retrieved from https://hbrbr.uol.com.br/como-liderar-no-mundo-vuca-licoes-da-siemens-healthineers/

Bates, M., & Boren, D. M. (2019). Assessing Wellbeing in Schools. BYU Open Textbook Network. https://open.byu.edu/wellbeing
 
Bernicker, D. (2018). Creating & sustaining a vital corporate culture @ Vega. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/11/06/case-study-eq-to-revitalize-leadership-at-vega-energy/

Cappella, E., & Bulotsky-Shearer, R. (Eds.). (2013). Advances in SEL research. AERA Newsletter Fall 2013, 7(1).

Crijns, Dennis. (2017). Emotional intelligence for hospitality at Restaurant Sunndays. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2017/04/24/case-emotional-intelligence-hospitality-restaurant-sunndays/

DeVoss, J., & Stillman, S. B. (2012). Developing emotionally intelligent school counselors for the prosocial classroom: A case study. In P. M. Brown, M. W. Corrigan, & A. Higgins-D’Alessandro (Eds.), The handbook of prosocial education. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Dijk, C. F.-V., & Freedman, J. M. (2007). Differentiating emotional intelligence in leadership. Journal of Leadership Studies, 1(2), 8–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.20012

Ercan, E. (2017). Hyundai sets the pace with creative thinking and being innovative training. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2017/10/17/hyundai-creative/

Fariselli, L., Freedman, J. M., & Ghini, M. (2019). The Amadori case: Supplying McDonald’s – organizational engagement, emotional intelligence, and performance. Retrieved from http://staging.6seconds.org/2013/04/03/amadori-case-engagement-emotional-intelligence/

Fariselli, L., Freedman, J. M., Ghini, M., & Valentini, F. (2013). White paper: Stress, EQ and performance in health care. Retrieved from http://staging.6seconds.org/2013/02/21/stress-eq-performance-healthcare/

Fatum, B. (2013). Healthy classroom, emotional intelligence, and brain research. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2013/05/29/healthy-classrooms-emotional-intelligence-and-brain-research/

Fatum, B. A. (2008). The relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement in elementary-school children (Ed.D.). University of San Francisco, United States — California. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/304839754/abstract/D5F83EAFC57D4870PQ/1

Fatum, B. A., & Stillman, S. B. (2012). Technology, healthy classrooms, and emotional intelligence. Retrieved from http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/TEAQ0112/index.php#/12

Freedman, J. M. (2011a). Emotional intelligence for change at Sheraton Studio City. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2011/06/09/case-eq-sheraton/

Freedman, J. M. (2011b). EQ in the Navy and Marine Corps – accelerating change with emotional intelligence. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2011/06/23/case-navy-change/

Freedman, J. M. (2012). Women’s leadership edge: Global research on emotional intelligence, gender, and job level. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2012/09/11/research-emotional-intelligence-gender-career/

Freedman, J. M. (2018). State of the heart 2018: The latest research on emotional intelligence. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/09/05/state-of-the-heart-2018/

Freedman, J. M. (2018a). Welcome to growth! Findings from the latest EQ research on growing our capacity to grow. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/10/02/welcome-to-growth-findings-from-the-latest-eq-research-on-growing-our-capacity-to-grow/

Freedman, J. M. (2018b). Wellbeing threats and performance opportunities: The global EQ data. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/12/04/wellbeing-threats-and-performance-opportunities-the-global-eq-data/

Freedman, J. M., & Daniel, J. (2014). Emotional intelligence for people-first leadership at FedEx Express. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2014/01/14/case-study-emotional-intelligence-people-first-leadership-fedex-express/

Freedman, J. M., & Fariselli, L. (2016). White paper: Emotional intelligence and success. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2019/03/12/white-paper-emotional-intelligence-and-success/

Freedman, J. M., & Stillman, P. (2016). The business case for emotional intelligence. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/case/business-case-ebook/

Freedman, J. M., Jensen, A. L., Stillman, S. B., & McCown, K. (2016). Benchmarks for an EQ school: Fully implementing social emotional learning. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/education/benchmarks/

Freedman, J. M., Procicchiani, T., Avdiu, L., & Chu, A. (2019). The journey of emotional intelligence and Six Seconds’ theory of change. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2019/06/18/research-study-journey-of-emotional-intelligence-theory-of-change/

Freedman, J. M., Procicchiani, T., Freedman, P (2021). State of the Heart 2021: Trends in Emotional Intelligence. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/emotional-intelligence/research/

Jensen, A. L., Freedman, J. M., & Stillman, S. B. (2016). Case for EQ in schools 2016. Retrieved from http://staging.6seconds.org/2016/03/05/the-case-for-social-emotional-learning/

Kearney, A. (2011). Exploring the effects of a social-emotional curriculum on the academic competencies and self-perception of students in a third-grade classroom. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2011/10/16/eq-academic-achievement/

Martinez, L. (2016). Students’ experiences in middle school. Retrieved from https://loreamartinez.com/2016/04/06/students-experiences-in-middle-school/

Martinez, L., & Stillman, S. B. (Eds.). (2018). The EQ educator: Taking social emotional learning to schools. Freedom, CA: Six Seconds.

McCown, K., Jensen, A. L., Freedman, J. M., & Rideout, M. (2010). Self-Science: Getting started with social emotional learning (3rd ed.). San Mateo, CA: Six Seconds.

Melton, M. C. (2016). The impact instruction has on emotional intelligence in an Appalachian Kentucky high school (Ed.D.). Morehead State University, United States — Kentucky. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/1786665213/abstract/CB49865CC0704C5DPQ/4

Miller, M. (2018). Growing courageous leaders for the future: The hummingbird leadership project with Wangari Maathai Foundation. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/12/11/growing-courageous-leaders-wangari-maathai/

Mintle, L. S., Greer, C. F., & Russo, L. E. (2019). Longitudinal assessment of medical student emotional intelligence over preclinical training. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 119(4), 236–242. https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2019.039

Porcaro Schulte, K., & Miller, M. (2019). What Will Reverse the Epidemic of Burnout Among Doctors? Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2019/09/18/reversing-the-epidemic-of-doctor-burnout/

Prindle, C. M. (2014). A qualitative case study exploring self-efficacy and its influence on fourth grade mathematics students (Doctoral dissertation). United States — Arizona. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1517483666/abstract/B5F699513A304FE6PQ/1

Pullen, J. S. (2013). Emotional intelligence outcomes regarding empathy and global videoconferencing lessons (Doctoral dissertation). United States — Pennsylvania. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/1436986278/abstract/FD7BBB9DF6F8415CPQ/3

Roff, K. (2018). Europe’s call to action: Three key EQ insights from new research on the state of the heart. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/09/19/emotional-intelligence-europe/

Royan, M. (2018). Sam’s journey from destruction of life to deciding for life. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/07/10/sams-journey-destruction-life-deciding-life-case-study/

Royan, M., Freedman, J. M., & Delano, T. (2018). Doubling down on EQ culture at ServRx. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2017/05/31/case-doubling-eq-culture-servrx/

Samanek, C., & Morrison, J. (2015). EQ team in big pharma. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2015/06/08/case-study-emotional-intelligence-team-pharma/

Shaw, M., Stillman, S. B., Cicero, G., Cross, D., & Lessard, D. (2010). Multi-modal communication: A case study of organizational discourse and one-to-one mentoring at an online university. In U. Demiray, G. Kurubacak, & T. V. Yuzer (Eds.), Meta-communication for reflective online conversations. Hersey, PA: IGI Global.

Steinbock, E. (2019). Emotional intelligence competencies for success in early hospitality careers (Doctoral Dissertation). Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Stillman, P. (2016). Vital Signs boosts results for India auto parts company. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2016/07/15/vital-signs-boosts-results-india-company/

Stillman, P. (2017). Introducing a new organisational culture. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2017/12/21/careerlink-case-study-introducing-new-organisational-culture/

Stillman, P., & Aldan de Araujo, C. (2018). How to lead people in a VUCA world: Lessons from Siemens Healthineers. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/04/25/lead-people-vuca-world-lessons-siemens-healthineers/

Stillman, P., & Brite, H. (2018). Multiplying team engagement. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/02/26/using-team-vital-signs-drive-change/

Stillman, P., Freedman, J. M., & Procicchiani, T. (2018a). Connected leadership: Engaging for performance. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2019/07/09/global-tech-engineering-firm-improves-leadership-effectiveness-by-73/#overlay

Stillman, P., Freedman, J. M., & Procicchiani, T. (2018b). Engaging for performance: Measuring change in a multi-dimensional leadership development program. Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy, 21(1), 34–45.

Stillman, P., Freedman, J. M., Jorgensen, M., & Stillman, S. B. (2017). Coaching with emotional intelligence: An experiential approach to creating insight, connection, and purpose. Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy, 20(4), 3–13.

Stillman, S.B. (2012). SEL research and practice: A global snapshot. AERA: Advances in SEL Research, 6(2), 13–15.

Stillman, S.B., & DeVoss, J. (2012). Developing EQ smart school counselors: A case study. Retrieved from http://staging.6seconds.org/2012/03/13/developing-eq-smart-school-counselors-a-case-study/

Stillman, Susan B. (2017). Improving school leaders’ effectiveness through EQ. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2017/05/25/improving-school-leaders-effectiveness-through-eq/

Stillman, Susan B. (2018). Growing an emotionally intelligent school community. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/04/17/new-research-growing-emotionally-intelligent-school-community/

Stillman, Susan B. (2019). Inspiring a generation of hummingbirds. AERA Social Emotional Learning SIG 170 Newsletter, 12(1), 12.

Stillman, Susan B., & Stillman, P. (2018). Graduating EQ: Moving social emotional learning into higher education. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/admin/emotional-intelligence-higher-ed-e-book/

Stillman, S., & Martinez, L. (2019). Guiding youth to noble goals: A practitioner perspective. Journal of Character Education; Greenwich, 15(2), 91–102. https://www.infoagepub.com/jrce-issue.html?i=p5d9e77c976890

Stillman, Susan B., Martinez, L., Procicchiani, T., & Boffa, I. (2016). Middle school climate & learning – new research at AERA. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2016/04/14/groundbreaking-education-research-aera/

Stillman, Susan B., Stillman, P., Martinez, L., Freedman, J. M., Jensen, A. L., & Leet, C. (2018). Strengthening social emotional learning with student, teacher, and schoolwide assessments. Science Direct, 55(March-April 2018), 71–92. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2017.07.010

Stillman, Susan Braude. (2015). School counselors embrace social emotional learning. Retrieved from http://staging.6seconds.org/2015/08/03/school-counselors-embrace-social-emotional-learning/

Velarde, F. (2018). Improving performance in Latin America with latest research. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2018/10/17/soh-latin-america/

Vyas, E. (2015). Relationship between healthcare leaders’ emotional intelligence and staff work engagement during transformational change: A correlational study (Doctoral dissertation). Capella University, United States — Minnesota. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/1708991288/abstract/E8DC76B33B94434BPQ/2

Vyas, E., & Harris, M. (2017). Relationship between healthcare leaders’ emotional intelligence and staff work engagement during transformational change. International Journal of Strategic Management, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.18374/IJSM-17-1.4

Williams, L. (2017). Leveraging talents for performance: Momentum4 case study. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2017/11/28/leveraging-talents-performance-momentum4-case-study/

Wojick, T. (2013). Engagement, safety & quality in chemical manufacturing. Retrieved from https://staging.6seconds.org/2013/10/29/case-engagement-safety-quality/

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