Schaie K W
Gerontology Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
Emotion. 2001 Sep;1(3):243-8.
There is now sufficient work in the literature on emotional intelligence to suggest that this construct or series of constructs deserves serious attention, but several questions remain as to adequate construct validation as well as to the emergence and development of these constructs. There is a need to conduct convergent and divergent validity studies on a midlife sample that is likely to show the optimal level of differentiation of the new constructs. The reference domain of cognitive intelligence should be constructed in a multiple-construct manner, and the validation procedure should use confirmatory factor analysis and P. S. Dwyer's (1937) extension method. Once properly validated, there is a need to study the emergence, age differences, and age changes in the level and structure of emotional intelligence. A paradigm that investigates the invariance of factor structure across age and uses the model of differentiation-dedifferentiation would be useful for this purpose.
目前，文献中关于情商的研究工作已足够多，表明这一概念或一系列概念值得认真关注，但在充分的概念验证以及这些概念的出现和发展方面仍存在一些问题。有必要对中年样本进行聚合效度和区分效度研究，该样本可能会展现出新概念的最佳区分水平。认知智力的参照领域应以多概念的方式构建，验证程序应使用验证性因素分析和P.S.德怀尔（1937年）的扩展方法。一旦得到恰当验证，就有必要研究情商水平和结构的出现、年龄差异以及年龄变化。一种研究跨年龄因素结构不变性并采用分化-去分化模型的范式将有助于实现这一目的。
