Emotional intelligence Gala night presentation

Team members:

Irena Arslanova Editor

Nika Čermak Publication Officer

Jovana Gjorgjiovska Research Analyist

Margo Janssens Opportunities Researcher

Hannes Jarke Communication Officer

Emma Talvitie Research organizer

Paula Wicher Opportunities Researcher

Supervisor:

Zorana Jolić Marjanović

CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF A BATTERY FOR ABILITY EI ASSESSMENT

THEORETICAL OVERVIEW

• Ability and trait/mixed EI models (Mayer & Salovey, 2000; Petrides & Furnham, 2000)

• Emotional intelligence (EI) involves the ability to carry out accurate reasoning about emotions and the ability to use emotions and emotional knowledge to enhance thought (Mayer,

Roberts, & Barsade, 2008).Perceiving emotions

Using emotions

Understanding emotions

Managing emotions

4BM (Mayer & Salovey, 1997)

EI ASSESSMENT

EI branches

Composite Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT, 2002)

One-dimensional

Emotion perception

(A) Faces(E) Pictures

Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy 2 (DANVA2, 2001)Japanese and Caucasian Brief Affect Recognition Test (JACBART, 2000)Facial Emotion Inspection Test (FEIT, 2005)Multimodal Emotion Recognition Test (MERT, 2009)Emotion Recognition Index (ERI, 2011)

Using emotions (B) Facilitation(F) Sensations

Emotional Stroop Test (EST, 2009)

Understanding emotions

(C) Changes(G) Blends

Levels of Emotional Accuracy Scale (LEAS, 1990)Emotional Accuracy Research Scale (EARS, 2001)Test of Emotional Intelligence (TEMINT, 2002)Vocabulary of Emotions Test (VET, 2003)Situational Test of Emotional Understanding (STEU, 2008)

Managing emotions

(D) Emotion management(H) Emotional relations

Emotional Management Abilities (EMA, 2005)Situational Test of Emotional Management (STEM, 2008)

PREVIOUS FINDINGS ON EI MEASURES

Topic/question MSCEIT One-dimensional

Reliability High (α≈.90) Medium to high (α ≈ .60–. 90)

Validity

Structure 3 or 4 factor solution -

Convergent-discriminant

AI: + medium range (Gc)Big Five: low or non-significant (A)Other ability EI measures: + low to mediumTrait EI: low & non-significant

Not systematically testedWhen investigated- expected patterns of correlations with AI & Big Five

Criterion (incremental)

•social outcomes•mental & physical health•psychological well-being

(academic and career success)

*incremental validity?

Lack of findings(sporadically with academic success)

Group difference F > M+ age

Some findings confirming F > M

RATIONALE OF THE CURRENT STUDY

• Lack of composite ability measures of EI

• MSCEIT available only for commercial use• Lack of adaptations of one-dimensional

measures for different languages

• Some only in English• Partial cross-validation of one-dimensional

measures (usually only 2 combined)

• Sporadic evidence on convergent-discriminant validity

• Poor data on criterion validity

KEY RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

• Devise a new battery for ability EI assessment

• Combining some of the existing one-dimensional measures so as to cover all abilities encompassed by the EI construct

• Adapt selected one-dimensional measures for the use in several European countries

• Cross-validate selected one-dimensional measures

• Test the new battery’s convergent-discriminant & predictive validity

METHODMain study Additional/mini studies

Sample Student sample from:Belgium, Finland, Macedonia, PolandN ≈ 200 per country

Student samples from: Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, UKN ≈ 50 per country

Variables & measures

Emotional Intelligence battery: • EP – ERI• EU – STEU-B/TEMINT + VET• EM – STEM-B

Academic intelligence: short Gc/Gf battery (synonyms & RPM)

Personality: Short Five

Social outcome/mental health (self-assessment)

Real-life task performance

Data analysis

• α, EFA/CFA, correlations between study variables, linear regression/ SEM,

POSSIBLE STUDY CONTRIBUTIONS

• Further insight into and understanding of:

• the structure of EI defined as an ability,• the position of EI in the net(work) of other individual

differences constructs, and• practical usefulness of the EI construct

• Broadening the market of available adaptations (for different languages)

• Provide new guidelines of EI assessment

DISSEMINATION

• Scientific conferences

• EFPSA Congress• International Conference on Emotional Intelligence• International Society for the Study of Individual Differences

Conference

• Scientific journals

• JEPS• Personality and Individual Differences• European Journal of Psychological Assessment• Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!