Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form (TEIQue-SF)

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Table 1. Participants’ characteristics

Variables		students	laypeople	Total
gender	Male	75	69	144 (31.5%)
	Female	189	124	313 (68.5%)
	total	264	193	457 (100%)
Age(years) M. (SD)		26.3(6.2)	41.3 (6.6)	32.6(9.8)
Educational level	Elementary	-	2	2(.4%)
	Middle School	-	3	3(.7%)
	Secondary	-	22	22(4.8%)
	Technical Diploma	-	41	41(9%)
	Bachelor’s	173	115	288(63%)
	Master	91	10	101(22.1%)
professions	student	264	-	264(57.8)
	Public sectors	-	149	149(32.6%)
	private sectors	-	8	8(1.8%)
	unemployed	-	14	14(3.1%)
	retired	-	15	15(3.3%)
	homemakers	-	7	7(1.5%)

M= mean, SD = standard deviation

Table 2. Descriptive, α-coefficients and gender differences in the Arabic TEIQue-SF (N = 457)

	Well-being		Self-control		Emotionality		Sociability		Global Trait
variables	men	women	men	women	men	women	men	women	men	women
mean	5.02	4.92	4.49	4.36	4.44	4.41	4.47	4.35	4.61	4.52
SD	1.32	1.17	.98	.87	1.06	.98	1.02	1.00	.97	.84
range	6	6	4.5	5	4.50	5.25	4.67	6	4.60	5.23
S	−1.16	−.57	−.19	.41	−.12	.29	−.15	−.23	−.52	−.04
K	1.2	.40	−.52	.54	−.79	−.24	−.09	.96	.13	.88
α	.81	.73	.53	.38	.68	.61	.54	.58	.91	.87
t-test (p-value)	.41		.18		.74		.23		.30
Effect size	.08		.14		.03		.12		.11

S = Skewness, K = Kurtosis, SD = Standard Deviation

Figure 1. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Arabic TEIQue-SF (N = 457).

Table 3. Measurement invariance across gender

Models	χ^2 (df)	CFI	∆ χ^2	χ^2/ df	RMSEA (90% C.I.)	SRMR	∆CFI	∆RMSEA	∆SRMR
Configural	5.49(4)	.998	-	1.37	.029 (.081-.685)	.014	-	-	-
Metric	16.43(8)	.990	10.94	2.05	.048 (.081-.487)	.030	−.008	.019	.015
Scalar	28.35(12)	.981	11.92	2.36	.055 (.081-.346)	.036	−.009	.007	.004

Note. χ² = Chi Square, df = degrees of freedom, CFI = Comparative Fit Index, ∆ χ² = χ2 difference, RMSEA = Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, SRMR = Standardized Root Mean Square Residual, ∆CFI = CFI difference, ∆RMSEA = RMSEA difference, ∆SRMR = SRMR difference.

Table 4. Descriptive, α-coefficients and correlation for TEIQue-SF (N = 457)

Variable	Mean	SD	α	S	K	1	2	3	4	5
1. Well-being	4.95	1.22	0.73	−.79	.69	1
2. Self-control	4.40	0.90	0.44	.19	.05	.61**	1
3. Emotionality	4. 42	1.00	0.56	.15	−.46	.66**	.64**	1
4. Sociability	4. 38	1.00	0.63	−.20	.60	.57**	.61**	.65**	1
5. Global Trait	4.5 5	0.88	0.89	−.22	.53	.85**	.80**	.89**	.82**	1

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). S = Skewness, K = Kurtosis, SD = Standard Deviation.

Table 5. Correlations between the TEIQue-SF (factors and global trait scores) and the Big five (N = 457)

Variables	Trait EI	Well-being	Self-control	Emotionality	Sociability
Neuroticism	−.57**	−.52**	−.33**	−.46**	−.54**
Extraversion	.49**	.43**	.27*	.51**	.32**
Openness	.51**	.41**	.37**	.49**	.42**
Agreeableness	.44**	.42**	.21	.51**	.27*
Conscientiousness	.49**	.46**	.31**	.56**	.21

** p ≤ 0.01; * p ≤ 0.05.