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Abstract
The ability model of emotional intelligence (EI) specifies that four related abilities are involved: perceiving emotions, facilitating thought using emotions, understanding emotions, and managing them. Several performance-based assessments have been developed to measure those four abilities. Although some researchers find empirical support for the four abilities, others have argued that emotional intelligence divides into three abilities, two or even a single, unitary ability (Legree et al., 2014; Palmer, Gignac, Manocha, & Stough, 2005). We reanalyzed archival data from four ability tests of emotional intelligence, Ns = 503, 5000, 1000, and 2000, conducting item-level exploratory factor models of all four assessments for the first time. Based on those analyses, we suggest possible revisions of the 4-factor model to guide future research and assessment.
Publication Date
12-19-2023
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal Title
Personality and Individual Differences
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Article
Recommended Citation
John D. Mayer, David R. Caruso, Gill Sitarenios, Manolo Romero Escobar, How many emotional intelligence abilities are there? An examination of four measures of emotional intelligence, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 219, 2024, 112468, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112468.
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This is an Open Access article published by Elsevier in Personality and Individual Differences in 2023, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112468