Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Emotional Intelligence Self-Perception Questionnaire

Andreia Patrícia de Sousa Pereira Teques

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N2i, Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Maia, Portugal

Helton Alexsandro Firmino Cavalcanti

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Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, Recife-PE, Brazil

Leopoldo Nelson Fernandes Barbosa

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Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, Recife-PE, Brazil

Pedro Humberto Araújo Teques

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N2i, Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Maia, Portugal

Correspondence address: Andreia Patrícia de Sousa Pereira Teques. Instituto Politécnico da Maia. Avenida Carlos de Oliveira Campos, Maia, 4475-690, Portugal. E-mail: apereirateques@ipmaia.pt

Andreia Patrícia de Sousa Pereira Teques is a Professor at N2i, Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Maia, Portugal.

Helton Alexsandro Firmino Cavalcanti is a Master’s candidate in the Graduate Program in Education of Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, Recife-PE, Brazil.

Leopoldo Nelson Fernandes Barbosa is a Professor at Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, Recife-PE, Brazil.

Pedro Humberto Araújo Teques is a Professor at N2i, Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Maia, Portugal.

Item	Country		Total
Item	Brazil	Portugal	Total
Age
Mean (Standard deviation)	22.09 (3.33)	22.58 (4.12)	22.36 (3.68)
Max.- Min.	17 - 36	17 - 46	17 - 46
Gender
Male	136	158	294
Female	312	227	539
Program area (%)
Sports Sciences	-	19.4	19.4
Health Sciences	44.7	23.2	67.9
Social Sciences and Humanities	-	12.7	12.6
Validation Procedures
Construct validity	448	385	833
Test-retest reliability	32	-	32
Criterion validity	-	209	209

Factors	Items	B	SE	β	R ²
Perception, assessment, and emotional expression
EIQ5	There are people who make themselves look (...)	1.00		0.76	0.58
EIQ 8	Through the tone of voice and gestures of others (...)	0.82	0.11	0.63	0.53
EIQ 10	Some people can pretend to be sad (...)	0.89	0.13	0.65	0.65
EIQ 18	Pets can make us feel (...)	1.02	0.11	0.55	0.51
Emotional thought facilitation
EIQ 1	It makes me happy to think about the good things I have	1.00		0.66	0.62
EIQ 3inv	When I feel happy, I feel less (...)	0.92	0.06	0.72	0.63
EIQ 4	When I am sadder, I get less (...)	1.01	0.08	0.62	0.78
EIQ 7	When I am happy, I do more things.	0.98	0.05	0.68	0.69
EIQ 16inv	When I am sad, I have thoughts (...) *
Emotional understanding and analysis
EIQ 2	Losing someone that I care about makes me sad.	1.00		0.66	0.65
EIQ 6	There are people that I care for and others that (...)	0.92	0.11	0.59	0.86
EIQ 9	In a bad moment, one can feel several (...)	0.93	0.11	0.69	0.62
EIQ 12	When someone compliments me, I feel happy and proud (...)	0.98	0.09	0.53	0.65
EIQ 14	Negative thoughts make me sad or (...)	1.07	0.12	0.65	0.62
EIQ 17	When I take my feelings into account (...)	0.89	0.09	0.69	0.78
Emotional regulation
EIQ 11	I try to do what gives me the most pleasure.	1.00	-	0.71	0.80
EIQ 13	I try to do activities that I and others enjoy.	0.95	0.05	0.78	0.81
EIQ 15	I socialize as much as I can with the people I (...)	0.94	0.06	0.77	0.76

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