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!