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Emotional skills and competence questionnaire (ESCQ) as an indicator of adaptive behavior in various situations

McClelland (1973) has published an anthological article in which he appeals to researchers to test the competencies rather than intelligence. In the recent years there are strong movement for shifting from ability and aptitude testing to competence testing. Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to process emotion-laden information competently, and to use it to guide cognitive activities like problem solving and to focus energy on required behaviors. According to Mayer and Salovey model EI involves four main abilities: a) to perceive accurately, appraise, and express emotion, b) to access and/or generate feelings when they facilitate thought, and c) to understand emotions and emotional knowledge ; and d) the ability to regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth (Mayer & Salovey, 1997, p. 5). Using that model of emotional intelligence self-reported instrument ESCQ (Taksic, 2001) consists of three subscales with appropriate psychometric properties was constructed. The subscales are measure of co-called trait emotional intelligence and are labeled ability to: a) perceived and understands emotions (PU), b) express and label emotions (EL), and c) manage and regulate emotions (MR). The results of series of studies demonstrated that ESCQ could be mentioned as an indicator of emotional competence in various situations: a) the highest correlation was obtained between trait emotional intelligence of supervisors and followers rating of their quality of supervising (leadership ; r=0.61), b) correlation between ESCQ and self perceived (un)competence was r=-0.33, and the highest was with MR subscale (r=-0.41), c) significant correlation was between the ESCQ and a school achievement. The correlation remained significant even though the ESCQ scale was entered in regression equation after the battery of four tests of academic (classical) intelligence.

emotional intelligence; cros-cultural psychology; ESCQ

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