The concurrent validity of two measures of Emotional Intelligence (EI), one considered a trait measure, the other an ability measure, was examined by administering the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQi:YV; Bar-On & Parker, 2000), the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: Youth Version (MSCEIT:YV; Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso, in press), and a sociometric measure to 102 upper elementary students in the U.S. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients across various scores of the EI instruments ranged from −.02 (p > .05) to .39 (p < .01), suggesting the instruments are measuring somewhat different constructs. Scores on two sets of theoretically similar scales across instruments yielded significant correlation but others did not. Results from dependent t tests showed no significant difference between overall mean scores of the EQi:YV and MSCEIT:YV (p < .05). Only the Interpersonal and General Mood scales of the EQi:YV correlate significantly with the sociometric (p < .05). Implications for further research in EI are discussed.
La validité concourante de deux mesures d’intelligence émotive (E-I), un a considéré une mesure de trait, l’autre par mesure de capacité, a été examinée en administrant l’inventaire de quotient émotif: Version de la jeunesse (EQi:YV; Bar-On & Parker, 2000), le test d’intelligence émotif de Mayer-Salovey-Caruso: Version de la jeunesse (MSCEIT:YV; Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso, en cours d’impression) et une mesure sociométrique à 102 étudiants élémentaires supérieurs aux États-Unis. Les coefficients de corrélation de produit-moment de Pearson à travers de divers points des instruments d’E-I se sont étendus de −.02 (p > .05) à .39 (p < .01), suggérant les instruments mesurent les constructions quelque peu différentes. Les points sur deux ensembles d’échelles théoriquement semblables à travers des instruments ont rapporté la corrélation significative mais d’autres n’ont pas fait. Les résultats des essais dépendants de t n’ont montré aucune différence significative entre les points de moyen global de l’EQi:YV et MSCEIT:YV (p < .05). Seulement les échelles interpersonnelles et générales d’humeur de l’EQi:YV ont montré des corrélations significatives avec les mesures sociométriques (p < . 05). Des implications pour davantage de recherche dans l’E-I sont discutées.
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