Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire

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One of the more comprehensive and widely researched measures of this construct is the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue), which was specifically designed to measure the construct comprehensively. Today, the TEIQue is available in 12 languages with thousands of questionnaires used each month in business, educational, well-being, and other contexts. The trait emotional intelligence research program has transferred to the London Psychometric Laboratory at University College London, one of the world’s leading universities and the birthplace of psychometrics.

Trait EI (or ‘trait emotional self-efficacy’) refers to "a constellation of behavioral dispositions and self-perceptions concerning one’s ability to recognize, process, and …show more content…

The researchers also found TEIQue scores were unrelated to nonverbal reasoning (Raven's matrices), which they interpreted as support for the personality trait view of EI (as opposed to a form of intelligence). As expected, TEIQue scores were positively related to some of the Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, openness,conscientiousness) as well as inversely related to others (alexithymia, neuroticism). A number of quantitative genetic studies have been carried out within the trait EI model, which have revealed significant genetic effects and heritabilities for all trait EI scores.[45] Two recent studies (one a meta-analysis) involving direct comparisons of multiple EI tests yielded very favorable results for the …show more content…

It comprises 75 items responded to on a 5-point scale and measures nine distinct facets (Mavroveli, Petrides, Shove, & Whitehead, 2008).

Why the TEIQue?

The TEIQue has clear conceptual and psychometric advantages over the glut of"EQ" and personality "tests" widely available in the market. While these are easy to explain to psychometricians, it is not always straightforward to describe to practitioners.

Commercial test publishers simply cannot afford to provide sustained research funding for the measures they market. Consequently, instruments “developed” in commercial settings or owned by commercial companies cannot compete on research quality with instruments developed in universities or hospitals and owned by their authors.

The TEIQue is underpinned by a leading international research program currently based at the Institute of Education, University of London. Our consultancy arm is an offshoot of this program, which remains our fundamental

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