Inteligencia emocional: Desarrollo y validación de un instrumento de medida

Translated title of the contribution: Development and validation of an instrument for measuring emotional intelligence

Arménio Rego*, Cláudia Fernandes

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Abstract

The paper aims to show how an instrument for measuring Emotional Intelligence was built, developed and validated. Four steps were done: 1) 96 items were written from the literature and the own work of the authors; 2) a questionnaire was built and applied to a sample comprising 339 individuals; 3) a principal component analysis was performed; 4) the six emergent dimensions were related to a measure of life satisfaction. The findings suggest a six-factor solution. The internal consistencies are always higher than 0.70. The seven dimensions explain 29% of the variance of life satisfaction.

Translated title of the contributionDevelopment and validation of an instrument for measuring emotional intelligence
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)23-38
Number of pages16
JournalInteramerican Journal of Psychology
Volume39
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Emotional intelligence
  • Emotions
  • Life satisfaction

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