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Development and empirical evaluation of a new emotional intelligence test for adolescents

In line with ability-based approach, emotional intelligence (EI) should be measured by objective, performance-based tests. Attempts to develop such measures are accompanied by several known psychometric problems which appear to be even more evident in studies with younger subjects. The aim of this study was to design a new performance measure of emotional management ability (following the Mayer and Salovey EI model) intended for early adolescence age and to present available empirical data on the test validity. Two independent samples of students of higher grades of elementary school in Đakovo, Croatia, participated in the study. The test of emotional management ability was administered along with two other performance tests. These are the test of Perception of affective content in art (Takšić, Arar, & Molander, 2004), designed to assess perception of emotions, and Emotional analysis test (Kulenović, Balenović, & Buško, 2000) intended to measure understanding and analysis of emotions. Furthermore, Empathy questionnaire (Ivanović & Buško, 2008), Rosenberg selfesteem scale, and school achievement data were also collected. Intercorrelations of measures as well as exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses performed on the item level, speak of acceptable convergent and discriminant validity of the emotional management test. Emotional intelligence variables significant contributed to the explanation of school achievement, however, no independent contribution was found for emotional management test.

emotional intelligence; test development

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