Faculty Articles
Development and Validation of a Measure of Emotional Intelligence
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Personality and Individual Differences
ISSN
0191-8869
Publication Date
8-1998
Abstract
This series of studies describes the development of a measure of emotional intelligence based on the model of emotional intelligence developed by Salovey and Mayer [Salovey, P. & Mayer, J. D. (1990). Emotional intelligence. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 9, 185–211.]. A pool of 62 items represented the different dimensions of the model. A factor analysis of the responses of 346 participants suggested the creation of a 33-item scale. Additional studies showed the 33-item measure to have good internal consistency and testretest reliability. Validation studies showed that scores on the 33-item measure
DOI
10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00001-4
Volume
25
Issue
2
First Page
167
Last Page
177
NSUWorks Citation
Schutte, N. S.,
Malouff, J. M.,
Hall, L. E.,
Haggerty, D. J.,
Cooper, J. T.,
Golden, C. J.,
Dornheim, L.
(1998). Development and Validation of a Measure of Emotional Intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 25(2), 167-177.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/506
