Title

Development And Validation Of A Self-Report Measure Of Emotional Intelligence As A Multidimensional Trait Domain

Keywords

Cross-cultural adaptability; Emotional intelligence; Life satisfaction; Self-report scale development; Social desirability

Abstract

Psychometric review of 33 peer-reviewed studies of six self-report emotional intelligence (EI) measures supports a multidimensional conceptualization of EI. The nature and number of EI facets, however, and their distinctiveness from more established trait domains is unclear. Building on earlier efforts, three studies were undertaken (Ns = 138, 163, 152) to develop self-report measures of 10 facets of EI proposed by Salovey and Mayer (1990). Results support the reliability (internal consistency, testretest) and validity (content, criterion, construct, structural) of the proposed scales and their distinctiveness among themselves and with respect to more established trait domains (e.g., personality). Specifically, three satisfaction and four cross-cultural adaptability facets were predicted uniquely by 9 of the 10 proposed subscales, controlling for social desirability, the Big Five, positive and negative affect, and self-monitoring. All told, results confirm that trait-EI can be measured using self-report and conceptualized as a distinct multidimensional domain. © 2005 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Publication Date

7-1-2005

Publication Title

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volume

31

Issue

7

Number of Pages

859-888

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204272860

Socpus ID

22144487762 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/22144487762

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