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Trait Emotional Intelligence: Moving Forward in the Field of EI
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This chapter suggests that two constructs of emotional intelligence (EI) should be distinguished based on the measurement method used in the operationalization process. Trait EI (or ‘trait emotional self-efficacy‘) concerns emotion-related dispositions and self-perceptions measured via self-report, whereas ability EI (or ‘cognitive-emotional ability’) concerns emotion-related cognitive abilities that ought to be measured via maximum-performance tests. The view of them as different constructs implies that the operationalization of one does not have implications for that of the other. Still, the discussion suggests that ability EI will eventually find its place along the ever-growing number of pseudo-intelligences on the fringes of scientific psychology.
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“Academics who are advocates of EI measurement accept that the different measures have adequate internal consistency reliability, both in self-reports and competence-based measures [2,29,30].”
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“…located at the lower levels of personality hierarchies and measured via the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire (TEI-Que), while Ability emotional intelligence concerns emotion-related cognitive abilities that ought to be measured via maximum-performance tests (Petrides et al., 2007).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Petrides, K. V., Furnham, A., & Mavrveli, S.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- ORCID
- Petrides, K. V.
- Venue
- The Science of Emotional IntelligenceKnowns and Unknowns
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2008-11-27
- Pages
- 151-166
- OpenAlex
- W2280179388
- Cited by
- 193
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 24.17
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Social Sciences › Education › Social Skills and Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- trait emotional intelligence, ability emotional intelligence, emotional self-efficacy, self-report measures, operationalization
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