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      Indigenous Emotional Intelligence Scale: Development and Validation

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      Psychological Thought
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      emotional intelligence, age, gender, self-report, students

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          In Nigeria, it seems there is sparse of indigenous measure of emotional intelligence. Therefore, this research fills a gap in literature by developing a valid and reliable indigenous scale. To achieve this, the author combined the Bar-On and Goleman’s models of emotional intelligence. In Study 1, 255 items were generated and were reduced to 198 based on expert advice. At the end of several analyses, 52 items were retained. These items were put in a questionnaire form and administered to 850 students in a university. The author determined the factorial validity of the scale using a sample of 834 participants who returned the scale. The scale (using varimax rotation method) was then subjected to principal component analysis and 40 items were retained in a 7 well defined factor structure. The factors/dimensions include interpersonal skill (r = .77), empathetic response (r = .73), stress tolerance (r = .69), optimism (r = .75), assertiveness (r = .78), problem solving (r = .74) and flexibility (r = .80). The scale has convergent validity because of its positive relationship with empathy (r = .67) and social intelligence (r = .79) and negative relationships with aggression (r = -.41) and impulsiveness (r = -.32). A test re-test reliability of .79 was also established for the scale.

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          Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 9(3), 185-211
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              The aggression questionnaire.

              A new questionnaire on aggression was constructed. Replicated factor analyses yielded 4 scales: Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, and Hostility. Correlational analysis revealed that anger is the bridge between both physical and verbal aggression and hostility. The scales showed internal consistency and stability over time. Men scored slightly higher on Verbal Aggression and Hostility and much higher on Physical Aggression. There was no sex difference for Anger. The various scales correlated differently with various personality traits. Scale scores correlated with peer nominations of the various kinds of aggression. These findings suggest the need to assess not only overall aggression but also its individual components.
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                Journal
                PSYCT
                Psychol Thought
                Psychological Thought
                Psychol. Thought
                PsychOpen
                1312-7969
                2193-7281
                28 April 2017
                : 10
                : 1
                : 138-154
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Pure & Applied Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
                [2]University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
                [3]South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
                Author notes
                [* ]Department of Pure & Applied Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin University, P.M.B. 001 Akungba-Akoko, 34-234 Ondo State, Nigeria. olukayode.afolabi@ 123456aaua.edu.ng
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                psyct.v10i1.184
                10.5964/psyct.v10i1.184
                249430f8-6f79-4ac3-b3d9-456f30c61a98
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                : 06 January 2017
                : 30 March 2017
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                Psychology
                self-report,students,gender,age,emotional intelligence
                Psychology
                self-report, students, gender, age, emotional intelligence

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