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| Published: March 23, 2021
Psychometric evaluation of Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) in Indian college students
Department of Psychology, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Dean, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Manav Rachna International University, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.092/20210901
DOI: 10.25215/0901.092
ABSTRACT
Over the years researches on Emotional intelligence (EI) has shown it to be very useful for mental health and adjustment to life in general across various age groups and professions. Hence, there is a need to have an instrument to measure EI that is valid across multiple cultural settings. Therefore, this study aims to establish the psychometric properties of WLEIS in the Indian context w.r.t college students. Data was collected from 279 (Males = 102, Females = 177) undergraduate and postgraduate students in the age range of 18 to 24 years. The factor structure was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, also reliability and validity of this scale were assessed. The result indicated a good fit along with high reliability and validity. Therefore, it can be derived from this study that WLEIS is an appropriate measure of emotional intelligence in the Indian context.
Keywords
Emotional Intelligence, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Validation Study, Student Population, University Students
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Rathore D. & Chadha N.K.
Received: December 28, 2020; Revision Received: March 02, 2021; Accepted: March 23, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.092/20210901
10.25215/0901.092
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 1, January-March, 2021