Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Assessment Suite (TEIQue)

The TEIQue is a scientific measurement instrument based exclusively on trait EI theory and providing a comprehensive assessment of the emotional world of the individual. The TEIQue is predicated on trait EI theory, which conceptualises emotional intelligence as a personality trait, located at the lower levels of personality hierarchies. Several version of the TEIQue are available.

Content

Domains
Self Awareness,
Social Awareness,
Self Management,
Relationship Skills
Subdomain

Emotionality, Self control, Sociability, Wellbeing, Adaptability, Emotion control Low impulsiveness, Self-motivation, Trait empathy, Assertiveness, Emotion expression, Relationships, Social awareness, Trait happiness, Emotion appraisal (self and others), Emotion management (others), Self-esteem, Stress management, Trait optimism, Trait Emotional

Child form contains the following: Emotion perception; Adaptability; Emotion expression; Emotion perception; Emotion regulation; Impulsiveness; Relationships; Self-esteem; Self-motivation

Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Languages
English,
Spanish,
Other
Other Language/s
Dutch, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Polish, Portuguese
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
Varies from 5 minutes to 25 minutes across
Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Contact

Professor K. V. Petrides, Dept of Psychology
University College Longdon
+44 20-7 020 7 6798540
admin@teique.com
s.mavroveli@imperial.ac.uk

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

Dewaele, J. M., Petrides, K. V., & Furnham, A. (2008). Effects of trait emotional intelligence and sociobiographical variables on communicative anxiety and foreign language anxiety among adult multilinguals: A review and empirical investigation. Language Learning58(4), 911-960. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00482.x

Kosti, M. V., Feldt, R., & Angelis, L. (2014). Personality, emotional intelligence and work preferences in software engineering: An empirical study. Information and Software Technology56(8), 973-990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2014.03.004

Kotsou, I., Nelis, D., Grégoire, J., & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Emotional plasticity: conditions and effects of improving emotional competence in adulthood. Journal of Applied Psychology96(4), 827. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023047

Mavroveli, S., & Sánchez‐Ruiz, M. J. (2011). Trait emotional intelligence influences on academic achievement and school behaviour. British Journal of Educational Psychology81(1), 112-134. https://doi.org/10.1348/2044-8279.002009

Zeidner, M., & Olnick-Shemesh, D. (2010). Emotional intelligence and subjective well-being revisited. Personality and Individual Differences48(4), 431-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.011

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring,
Manual scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References

Andrei, F., Siegling, A. B., Aloe, A. M., Baldaro, B., & Petrides, K. V. (2016). The incremental validity of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue): A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment98(3), 261-276.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1084630

Cooper, A., & Petrides, K. V. (2010). A psychometric analysis of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Short Form (TEIQue–SF) using item response theory. Journal of Personality Assessment92(5), 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2010.497426

O'Connor, P., Nguyen, J., & Anglim, J. (2017). Effectively coping with task stress: A study of the validity of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Short Form (TEIQue–SF). Journal of Personality Assessment99(3), 304-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2016.1226175

Siegling, A. B., Vesely, A. K., Petrides, K. V., & Saklofske, D. H. (2015). Incremental validity of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire–short form (TEIQue–SF). Journal of Personality Assessment97(5), 525-535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1013219

Item Type
Likert

Psychometric Considerations

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