There was a paper by MacCann et al., (2010), entitled something like "EI in the eye of the beholder". It looked at EI components in children and parents. Not altogether sure though. Perhaps look at the literature around the recently developed ability test (MSCEIT) for children.

Puedes consultar:

Perez Escoda, N., Sánchez, R (2009). Desarrollo emocional en el contexto familiar. Comunicació presentada en les V Jornades d'Educació Emocional: "La intel·ligència emocional a les organitzacions". Disponible a: http://stel.ub.edu/grop/files/Desarrollo_emocional_en_el_contexto_familiar.pdf

-Pérez, N., Alegre, A. y Ribot, A. (2010). Relacions entre disponibilitat

dels pares i ajust emocional dels fills. Comunicació presentada en les

VI Jornades d'Educació Emocional: "Emocions positives i benestar".

Disponible a: http://www.jornadeseducacioemocional.com/wp-content/uploads/mat_anterior/vi_jornades/web_com/relacions_entre_disponibilitat_parental_i_ajust.pdf

- Pérez Escoda, N., Filella, G., Bisquerra, R., Alegre, A. (2012). Desarrollo de la competencia emocional de maestros y alumnos en contextos escolares/. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, (10)3/ 1183-1208. Disponible a: http://www.investigacion-psicopedagogica.org/revista/new/ContadorArticulo.php?756

-- Pérez Escoda, N., Alegre, A. (2012). La inteligencia y la seguridad emocional: el caso de la adaptación de los preadolescentes en la escuela. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación / Revista Ibero-americana de Educaçao (OEI) 60/1 15/09/12. Disponible a: http://www.rieoei.org/deloslectores/4871PerezEscoda.pdf

-Bisquerra, R. (2011). Educación emocional. Propuestas para educadores y familias. Bilbao: Desclee de Brouwer.

Alegre, A., Perez, N. y Ribot, A. (2012). Aceptación

Parental y Problemas de Adaptación de los Adolescentes: Mediación de la

Inteligencia Emocional y la Seguridad Emocional. Pòster presentat en les VIII Jornades d'Educació Emocional:

"Emocions i salut". Disponible a: http://www.jornadeseducacioemocional.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Poster.-Aceptaci%C3%B3n-Parental-y-Problemas-de-Adaptaci%C3%B3n-de-los-Adolescentes.-N%C3%BAria-Perez-Alberto-Alegre.pdf

Saludos

I would suggest finding the research of Suzanne Denham. She has been doing work on this topic for many years. An excellent review may be found in:

Linda Rose-Krasnor & Susanne Denham (2009) SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. In Rubin, K.H., Bukowski, W., & Laursen, B. (Eds.). (2009). Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups. New York: Guilford.

Excellent suggestions: both Denham and Halberstadt's work. It's about remembering that EI is an umbrella term that includes emotion perception and emotion regulation so work in those fields is directly relevant. Don't just search specifically for work conducted on EI; use work from those other fields.

There was a paper by Alegre, A., Benson, M.J. & Pérez-Escoda, N. Maternal warmth and early adolescents’ internalizing symptoms and externalizing behavior: Mediation via emotional security. Journal of Early Adolescence. Prepublished September 27, 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0272431613501408.

This study examines the relation between maternal warmth and the internalizing and externalizing problems of early adolescents, and the potential mediation of this relation by emotional insecurity.

others interesting papers are:

Alegre, A. (2012). The relation between the time mothers and children spent together and the children’s trait emotional intelligence. Child & Youth Care Forum,

Alegre, A. (2012). Is there a relation between mothers parenting styles and children’s trait emotional intelligence? Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 10, 5-33.

Alegre, A. (2011) Parenting and Emotional Intelligence: What do We Know? The Family Journal, 19, 56 – 62.

Dear Nuria, I didn't know about these studies so thanks for including them here.

I would suggest a new article if you can help:

Alegre, A., Benson, M.J. & Pérez-Escoda, N. (2013). Maternal warmth and early adolescents’ internalizing symptoms and externalizing behavior: Mediation via emotional security. Journal of Early Adolescence.