Institutional Group on Addiction Research, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Psychol Assess. 2012 Jun;24(2):518-23. doi: 10.1037/a0026013. Epub 2011 Oct 17.
Research on the psychometric characteristics, including factor structure, of measures assessing emotional intelligence improve our understanding of the manifest and latent dimensions of the construct. The factor structure of the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (Bar-On, 1997), despite the popularity of the measure, has been the subject of only a few studies, and there are no data available at all on its 30-item version. The aim of our study was the structural analysis of the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory, Youth Version, Short Form (Bar-On & Parker, 2000). During the multiple-step statistical analysis, confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses and a combined method of these were executed on a sample of 2,380 adolescents (mean age: 17 years, 47.9 % male). The results confirmed the original 5-factor structure (Intrapersonal Emotional Quotient, Interpersonal Emotional Quotient, Stress Management, Adaptability, and Positive Impression). However, only 24 of the original 30 items could be considered as belonging to the scales. Elimination of 6 items resulted in a clearer and more coherent factorial structure, which makes the measure an adequate tool for the assessment of the emotional intelligence of adolescents and young adults in surveys of large-scale samples.
研究评估情绪智力的测量工具的心理计量学特征，包括因素结构，可以增进我们对该构念显在和潜在维度的理解。尽管 Bar-On 情绪商数量表（Bar-On，1997）很受欢迎，但它的因素结构仅经过少数几项研究，其 30 项版本根本没有可用数据。我们的研究目的是对 Bar-On 情绪商数量表青年版短式（Bar-On & Parker，2000）进行结构分析。在多步骤统计分析中，对 2380 名青少年（平均年龄：17 岁，47.9%为男性）样本进行了验证性和探索性因素分析以及这两种方法的组合。结果证实了最初的 5 因素结构（个人情绪智力、人际情绪智力、压力管理、适应力和积极印象）。然而，最初的 30 个项目中只有 24 个可以被认为属于量表。删除 6 个项目后，因子结构更加清晰和连贯，这使得该测量工具成为评估青少年和年轻成年人在大规模样本调查中情绪智力的适当工具。
