The Kuwaiti-Arabic Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form <subtitle>The Adaptation and Validation of the TEIQue-SF in Kuwait</subtitle>

Abstract

Abstract: This study aims to cross-culturally adapt and examine the psychometric properties of the Kuwaiti-Arabic Trait Emotional Intelligence-Short Form (TEIQue-SF) through structural equation modeling (SEM). The adapted measure was administered to 1,458 university students in Kuwait together with the Kuwaiti NEO-FFI. Reliability estimates for all TEIQue-SF variables were within the acceptable range, with the exception of certain factors as expected by the literature. SEM results suggested that the bifactor ESEM model fit the data for the TEIQue-SF. Evidence for criterion validity was obtained through relationships between the TEIQue-SF with the Big Five Personality variables. The results suggested that the Kuwaiti-Arabic TEIQue-SF can be considered as a reliable and valid measure to study trait EI with the Kuwaiti population and, consequently, allow for cross-cultural trait EI comparisons.

Keywords

• trait emotional intelligence
• Big Five
• ESEM
• TEIQue