Development and Standardization of an Emotional Intelligence Inventory for Teacher Trainees: A Psychometric Approach

The ability to recognize, comprehend, and control emotions in order to reduce stress, communicate clearly, sympathies with others, overcome obstacles, and diffuse conflict is known as Emotional Intelligence (EI). The present research paper focused on the construction of an Emotional Intelligence Inventory for the Teacher Trainees. The inventory was based on the Emotional Intelligence theory of Daniel Goleman. The items were categorized into four dimensions (Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, Self-Management, and Relationship Management) of Emotional Intelligence. The final Inventory consisted with Twenty-Four items. Face validity and Content validity which were also satisfactory, applied with the help of psychometricians and subject experts. The coefficient of reliability of the inventory was found to be 0.78.