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PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Volume 35, Issue 5, Pages 1191-1210Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00328-8
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emotional intelligence; emotional competencies; Bar-On EQ-i; factor structure
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It has been claimed that the dimensional structure of the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) (Bar-On, 1997a) represents a hierarchical model of emotional and social intelligence describing a general factor, five-second order factors and 15 primary factors. However, there are several anomalies in the factor analytic methodology employed by Bar-On (1997a), and his interpretation of the results that render the dimensional structure of the EQ-i unclear. In contrast to claims by Bar-On, in the present study a series of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses found evidence for a general factor of emotional intelligence and six primary factors. Differences between the results reported by Bar-On (1997a) and those of the current study are attributed largely to the more appropriate factor analytic methodology employed. Implications and directions for future research are discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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