TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional intelligence in young women from five cultures
T2 - A TEIQue-SF invariance study using the omnicultural composite approach inside the IRT framework
AU - Chiesi, Francesca
AU - Lau, Chloe
AU - Marunic, Georgia
AU - Sanchez-Ruiz, Maria Jose
AU - Plouffe, Rachel A.
AU - Topa, Gabriela
AU - Yan, Gonggu
AU - Saklofske, Donald H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Using the omnicultural composite (OCC) approach within an Item Response Theory framework, the present study aimed both to provide evidence of the invariance of the emotional intelligence facets (emotionality, self-control, well-being, and sociability) across women from Western to Eastern countries and to detect unique cultural patterns. Samples of women from Canada (N = 360), China (N = 216), Italy (N = 209), Lebanon (N = 295), and Spain (N = 291) were administered the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short form (TEIQue-SF). Each cultural group was compared with its unique OCC obtained by merging the other groups. Results showed that emotionality and well-being facets were invariant across all respondents. A difference in self-control was found when comparing Chinese women with women belonging to different cultures and in sociability when comparing Lebanese women with those belonging to different cultures. The current findings provide a preliminary basis for studying EI in women across cultures.
AB - Using the omnicultural composite (OCC) approach within an Item Response Theory framework, the present study aimed both to provide evidence of the invariance of the emotional intelligence facets (emotionality, self-control, well-being, and sociability) across women from Western to Eastern countries and to detect unique cultural patterns. Samples of women from Canada (N = 360), China (N = 216), Italy (N = 209), Lebanon (N = 295), and Spain (N = 291) were administered the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short form (TEIQue-SF). Each cultural group was compared with its unique OCC obtained by merging the other groups. Results showed that emotionality and well-being facets were invariant across all respondents. A difference in self-control was found when comparing Chinese women with women belonging to different cultures and in sociability when comparing Lebanese women with those belonging to different cultures. The current findings provide a preliminary basis for studying EI in women across cultures.
KW - Cross-cultural research
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - Invariance
KW - Item response theory
KW - Women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085216152&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110128
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110128
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085216152
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 164
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 110128
ER -