Examining the validity and reliability of the Greek version of the Bar-On's Emotional Quotient Inventory

• Autores: Lefkios Neophytou
• Localización: Educational Research eJournal, ISSN-e 2254-0385, Vol. 1, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 135-152
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This study examined the validity and reliability of the Greek version of the Bar-On's (1997) Emotional Quotient inventory. Participants in the study were 272 Cypriot adults (teachers and student teachers) aged 18-53. The internal reliability of the instrument was very high concerning the total scale and more than adequate for all its composite scales and subscales. The instrument's construct validity was examined by a combination of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a different factorial structure concerning the instrument's subscales than the structure suggested in the technical manual (35 instead of 15). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that all goodness of fit indexes were gratified for all the EQ-i composite scales but not for the general-total scale of emotional intelligence. Overall the results suggest that the EQ-i is a reliable instrument to be used across different population samples. Nevertheless additional research is needed in order to establish the instruments' underlying theoretical structure.