Pérez-Díaz, Pablo Alejandro;
Manrique-Millones, Denisse;
García-Gómez, María;
Vásquez-Suyo, Maria Isabel;
Millones-Rivalles, Rosa;
Fernández-Ríos, Nataly;
Pérez-González, Juan-Carlos;
(2022)
Invariance of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Construct Across Clinical Populations and Sociodemographic Variables.
Frontiers in Psychology
, 13
, Article 796057. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.796057.
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Abstract
Recent research has shown that cultural, linguistic, and sociodemographic peculiarities influence the measurement of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI). Assessing trait EI in different populations fosters cross-cultural research and expands the construct's nomological network. In mental health, the trait EI of clinical populations has been scarcely researched. Accordingly, the present study examined the relationship between trait EI and key sociodemographic variables on Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue-SF) datasets with mental healthcare patients from three different Spanish-speaking countries. Collectively, these datasets comprised 528 participants, 23% from Chile (120), 28% from Peru (150), and 49% from Spain (258). The sociodemographic variables we used for trait EI comparisons were gender, age, educational level, civil status, and occupational status. Analyses involved Multigroup Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling (to test measurement invariance) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Our results revealed significant between-country differences in trait EI across the studied sociodemographic variables and interactions between these variables. Measurement invariance across the datasets was attained up to the scalar level regarding gender and education (i.e., strong invariance), although analyses on age, civil status, and occupation displayed non-invariance. The resultant psychometric evidence supports the suitability of the TEIQue-SF for the accurate cross-cultural assessment of trait EI in mental health settings. It also highlights the importance of incorporating trait EI into extant psychotherapeutic frameworks to enhance non-pharmacological treatment efficacy.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Invariance of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Construct Across Clinical Populations and Sociodemographic Variables |
| Location: | Switzerland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.796057 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.796057 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 Pérez-Díaz, Manrique-Millones, García-Gómez, Vásquez-Suyo, Millones-Rivalles, Fernández-Ríos, Pérez-González and Petrides. This is an openaccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Keywords: | clinical population, cross-cultural, measurement invariance, sociodemographic variables, trait emotional intelligence |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147933 |
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