Naeem Naghma, Muijtjens Arno
Batterjee Medical College , Saudi Arabia .
Med Teach. 2015 Apr;37 Suppl 1:S20-6. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1006605.
The psychological construct of emotional intelligence (EI), its theoretical models, measurement instruments and applications have been the subject of several research studies in health professions education.
The objective of the current study was to investigate the factorial validity and reliability of a bilingual version of the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Scale (SSREIS) in an undergraduate Arab medical student population.
The study was conducted during April-May 2012. A cross-sectional survey design was employed. A sample (n = 467) was obtained from undergraduate medical students belonging to the male and female medical college of King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed using SPSS 16.0 and AMOS 4.0 statistical software to determine the factor structure. Reliability was determined using Cronbach's alpha statistics.
The results obtained using an undergraduate Arab medical student sample supported a multidimensional; three factor structure of the SSREIS. The three factors are Optimism, Awareness-of-Emotions and Use-of-Emotions. The reliability (Cronbach's alpha) for the three subscales was 0.76, 0.72 and 0.55, respectively.
Emotional intelligence is a multifactorial construct (three factors). The bilingual version of the SSREIS is a valid and reliable measure of trait emotional intelligence in an undergraduate Arab medical student population.
情绪智力（EI）的心理结构、其理论模型、测量工具及应用一直是健康职业教育领域多项研究的主题。
本研究的目的是调查舒特自我报告情绪智力量表（SSREIS）双语版在阿拉伯本科医学生群体中的因子效度和信度。
本研究于2012年4月至5月进行。采用横断面调查设计。样本（n = 467）来自沙特阿拉伯利雅得国王沙特大学男女医学院的本科医学生。使用SPSS 16.0和AMOS 4.0统计软件进行探索性和验证性因子分析以确定因子结构。使用克朗巴哈α统计量确定信度。
使用阿拉伯本科医学生样本获得的结果支持SSREIS的多维三因子结构。这三个因子分别是乐观、情绪觉察和情绪运用。三个分量表的信度（克朗巴哈α）分别为0.76、0.72和0.55。
情绪智力是一个多因素结构（三个因子）。SSREIS双语版是阿拉伯本科医学生群体中特质情绪智力的有效且可靠的测量工具。
