TIE - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEST

• Authors: Smieja M. , Orzechowski J. , Beauvale A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article presents theoretical assumptions, structure, and psychometric analyses of the first Polish test of Emotional Intelligence (TIE). The TIE is based on the ability model of emotional intelligence formulated by Mayer and Salovey. According to that theory, it consists of four subscales: perception, understanding, facilitation and management of emotions. Respondents read short stories featuring people in emotional situations and their task is to assess to what extent each of the given possible answers solve the problem. In opposition to other methods, the TIE is a performance test aimed at measuring abilities rather than self-reports. Psychometric characteristics of this new method are acceptable and sufficient for research and psychological diagnosis (the global scale). The TIE achieved reasonable reliability (Cronbach's alfa for the global scale is 0.88, for the subscales it ranges from 0.60 to 0.74). Significant but moderate correlations between TIE scores and the measure of crystallized intelligence, as well as lack of significant relationships between our method and the test of fluid intelligence, prove the discriminant validity of the TIE. These results are supported by the fact the TIE correlates significantly, but weaker in comparison to self-assessment scales, with personality measures. Finally, the validity of the test is confirmed by the systematic sex differences in TIE scores.

Keywords

EN

ABILITY TESTS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee on Psychological Sciences PAS, Warsaw School of Social Psychology
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19-31
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Smieja M.

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Orzechowski J.

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Beauvale A.

• M. Smieja, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Psychologii, al. Mickiewicza 3, 30-120 Kraków, Poland .

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02545269