The Spanish-Chilean Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form: The Adaptation and Validation of the TEIQue-SF in Chile

Abstract

There is little doubt that currently trait EI (Trait emotional intelligence) theory and their measures have been found valid and reliable in several research and application settings. This research provides psychometric evidence of the TEIQue-SF in Chilean general and clinical population sample (n₁ = 335, n₂ = 120). The results confirmed the factor structure of the instrument and supported its multidimensionality. Hierarchical and bi-factor CFA models with the Spanish-Chilean-TEIQue-SF analyzed its internal structure in the R environment, following the assessment of bi-factor ESEM models in Mplus. We performed these analyses both at the global and factor- level. CFA models did not reach acceptable fit statistics for the models, whereas ESEM models reached good to excellent fit for the bi-factor models proposed. We also implemented measurement invariance analyses, which provided evidence for full measurement invariance between the original UK validation sample and the Chilean samples up to the scalar level. Also, the means for the global trait EI factor and the four factors (Well-being, Self-control, Emotionality and Sociability) were alike previous psychometric research with the questionnaire. The results highlight the importance of performing multidimensional factor analysis through ESEM following a bi-factor interpretation of the TEIQue-SF internal structure.

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the support provided by the Chilean institutions and individuals that participated in data collection for the studies.

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This article has earned the Center for Open science badges for Open Data and Open Materials. The data and materials are openly accessible at http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/gstrr47vpr.3 and http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/5j7mnfrwgm.1.

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Funding

The corresponding author acknowledges the support provided by CONICYT (Chilean National Commission of Research, Science and Technology), Austral University of Chile-Institute of Psychology-Puerto Montt, Chile and the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London (UCL), for the implementation of the studies.