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Indigenous Emotional Intelligence Scale: Development and validation

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Afolabi, Olukayode Ayooluwa

Abstract / Description

In Nigeria, it seems there is sparse of indigenous measure of emotional intelligence. Therefore, this research fills a gap in literature by developing a valid and reliable indigenous scale. To achieve this, the author combined the Bar-On and Goleman’s models of emotional intelligence. In Study 1, 255 items were generated and were reduced to 198 based on expert advice. At the end of several analyses, 52 items were retained. These items were put in a questionnaire form and administered to 850 students in a university. The author determined the factorial validity of the scale using a sample of 834 participants who returned the scale. The scale (using varimax rotation method) was then subjected to principal component analysis and 40 items were retained in a 7 well defined factor structure. The factors/dimensions include interpersonal skill (r = .77), empathetic response (r = .73), stress tolerance (r = .69), optimism (r = .75), assertiveness (r = .78), problem solving (r = .74) and flexibility (r = .80). The scale has convergent validity because of its positive relationship with empathy (r = .67) and social intelligence (r = .79) and negative relationships with aggression (r = -.41) and impulsiveness (r = -.32). A test re-test reliability of .79 was also established for the scale.

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emotional intelligence age gender self-report students

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Date of first publication

2017-04-28

Journal title

Psychological Thought

Volume

10

Issue

1

Page numbers

138–154

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Afolabi, O. A. (2017). Indigenous Emotional Intelligence Scale: Development and validation. Psychological Thought, 10(1), 138–154. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i1.184
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Afolabi, Olukayode Ayooluwa
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-28T10:01:31Z
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    2018-11-28T10:01:31Z
  • Date of first publication
    2017-04-28
  • Abstract / Description
    In Nigeria, it seems there is sparse of indigenous measure of emotional intelligence. Therefore, this research fills a gap in literature by developing a valid and reliable indigenous scale. To achieve this, the author combined the Bar-On and Goleman’s models of emotional intelligence. In Study 1, 255 items were generated and were reduced to 198 based on expert advice. At the end of several analyses, 52 items were retained. These items were put in a questionnaire form and administered to 850 students in a university. The author determined the factorial validity of the scale using a sample of 834 participants who returned the scale. The scale (using varimax rotation method) was then subjected to principal component analysis and 40 items were retained in a 7 well defined factor structure. The factors/dimensions include interpersonal skill (r = .77), empathetic response (r = .73), stress tolerance (r = .69), optimism (r = .75), assertiveness (r = .78), problem solving (r = .74) and flexibility (r = .80). The scale has convergent validity because of its positive relationship with empathy (r = .67) and social intelligence (r = .79) and negative relationships with aggression (r = -.41) and impulsiveness (r = -.32). A test re-test reliability of .79 was also established for the scale.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
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    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Afolabi, O. A. (2017). Indigenous Emotional Intelligence Scale: Development and validation. Psychological Thought, 10(1), 138–154. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i1.184
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  • ISSN
    2193-7281
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1483
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1849
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
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    https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i1.184
  • Keyword(s)
    emotional intelligence
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    age
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    gender
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  • Keyword(s)
    self-report
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    students
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Indigenous Emotional Intelligence Scale: Development and validation
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Psychological Thought
  • Page numbers
    138–154
  • Volume
    10
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