“…According to this line of theorizing, it has been found that emotion understanding correlates with several social competencies: problem solving strategies in conflict within close relationships and friendships (Lopes et al, 2004;Song et al, 2010;Stolarski, Postek & Śmieja, 2011), coping strategies in school environment (MacCann, Fogarty, Zeidner & Roberts, 2011), empathy (Ciarrochi, Chan & Caputi, 2001), providing social support (Lopes, Brackett, Nezlek, Schütz, Sellin & Salovey, 2004;Song et al, 2010), impression management (Lopes et al, 2004), perspective taking (Schröder-Abé & Schütz, 2011), social intelligence (namely social awareness, social information processing and social skills; Grieve & Mahar, 2013), shyness, cooperation, self-confidence and leadership (Gil-Olarte, Palomera & Brackett, 2006). Much of this research has also shown that the above-mentioned social competencies (empathy, coping strategies, conflict resolution strategies, social support) mediate the relations between emotional abilities (e.g.…”