Relation of Emotional Intelligence to Emotional Recognition and Mood Management

Abstract

This study replicated Petrides and Furnham's 2000 test of the multidimensional nature of the Emotional Intelligence Scale by Schutte, et al. A survey of 153 college students (M age = 25.0, SD = 4.4, 54.2% women) was performed. Four factors which closely resembled previous ones were found although there were some differences in item loadings. The factors were Optimism, Mood Management, Nonverbal, and Empathy. Then, the total and factor scores were examined for their relationship to scores on the Emotional Recognition and Mood Management Inventories developed by Wells and Hakanen in 1991 for the purpose of testing predictive validity and developing measures with high internal validity.