The validity and reliability of petrides and furnham,s trait emotional in telligence questionnaire

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

علی Ahmadi azghandi ¹ , S.H Taghavi ² , فرزام Ferasat memar ³ , آزاده Abolhasani ⁴

1 - M.A. in pyhchology
2 - M.A. in pyhchology
3 - Islamic Azad University Rasht Branch
4 - M.A. in counseling & guidance

Received: 2015-06-09 Accepted : 2015-06-09 Published : 2006-12-22

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This research examined the validity and reliability of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire(petrides & furnham,2001), as well as the academic level and gender differences in emotional inelligence. A random selection of 936 Iranian middle-school and high-school students, living in Gilan province (North of iran) were administered this questionnaire and the shrink,s emotional intelligence(1999) test.factors analysis of data showed that the petrides and Furnham,s questionnaire (2001)measures the main aspects of theoretical structure of the emotional intelligence construct,including perception and assessment of affects in self and other,optimism,self-awareness, and social skills.the high correlations among different scores of the two scales confirmed the convergent validity of the scales.the internal consistency and test-retest methods indicated scale reliability at 0.76 and 0.71. results indicated higher levels of emotional intelligence among female than male students.the main effect of level of education on the emotional intelligence and the interaction between gender and the academic level wrer not significant.findings support the validity and reliability of trait emotional intelligence questionnaire.A need for research on academic level and gender differences in emotional intelligence is addressed.