Development and Validation of a Measure of Emotional Intelligence

Author(s)

Nicola S. Schutte
John M. Malouff
Lena E. Hall
Donald J. Haggerty
Joan T. CooperFollow
Charles J. Golden, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Liane DornheimFollow

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