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Emotional Intelligence Scale

Instructions: Indicatetheextenttowhicheachitemappliestoyouusingthefollowingscale:
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1. Iknowwhentospeakaboutmypersonalproblemstoothers.

2. WhenIamfacedwithobstacles,IremembertimesIfacedsimilarobstaclesandovercamethem.

3. IexpectthatIwilldowellonmostthingsItry.

4. Otherpeoplefinditeasytoconfideinme.

5. Ifindithardtounderstandthenonverbalmessagesofotherpeople.

6. Someofthemajoreventsofmylifehaveledmetoreevaluatewhatisimportantandnotimportant.

7. Whenmymoodchanges,Iseenewpossibilities.

8. Emotionsaresomeofthethingsthatmakemylifeworthliving.

9. IamawareofmyemotionsasIexperiencethem.

10. Iexpectgoodthingstohappen.

11. Iliketosharemyemotionswithothers.

12. WhenIexperienceapositiveemotion,Iknowhowtomakeitlast.

13. Iarrangeeventsothersenjoy.

14. Iseekoutactivitiesthatmakemehappy.

15. IamawareofthenonverbalmessagesIsendtoothers.

16. Ipresentmyselfinawaythatmakesagoodimpressiononothers.

17. WhenIaminapositivemood,solvingproblemsiseasyforme.

18. Bylookingattheirfacialexpressions,Irecognizetheemotionspeopleareexperiencing.

19. Iknowwhymyemotionschange.

20. WhenIaminapositivemood,Iamabletocomeupwithnewideas.

21. Ihavecontrolovermyemotions.

22. IeasilyrecognizemyemotionsasIexperiencethem.

23. ImotivatemyselfbyimaginingagoodoutcometotasksItakeon.

24. Icomplimentotherswhentheyhavedonesomethingwell.

25. Iamawareofthenonverbalmessagesotherpeoplesend.

26. Whenanotherpersontellsmeaboutanimportanteventinhisorherlife,IalmostfeelasthoughI
haveexperiencedthiseventmyself.

27. WhenIfeelachangeinemotions,Itendtocomeupwithnewideas.

28. WhenIamfacedwithachallenge,IgiveupbecauseIbelieveIwillfail.

29. Iknowwhatotherpeoplearefeelingjustbylookingatthem.

30. Ihelpotherpeoplefeelbetterwhentheyaredown.

31. Iusegoodmoodstohelpmyselfkeeptryinginthefaceofobstacles.

32. Icantellhowpeoplearefeelingbylisteningtothetoneoftheirvoice.

33. Itisdifficultformetounderstandwhypeoplefeelthewaytheydo.

Source:Schutte,N.S.,Malouff,J.M.,Hall,L.E.,Haggerty,D.J.,Cooper,J.T.,Golden,C.J.,&Dornheim,L.(1998).
Developmentandvalidationofameasureofemotionalintelligence.Personality and Individual Differences,
25,167177.