Emotional Intelligence Scale: A Study of Scale Adaptation

Öz

The purpose of this study is to adaptation of Emotional Intelligence (EI) scale to the Turkish language. Research was implemented on the 249 high school students. The 3 dimensional models which were consisted of 20 items were found coherent in the confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency, item and factor analysis studies were conducted for the aim of examining psychometric features of the scale. The results of reliability of the scale analyses were .83, scale was found reliable. Confirmatory factor analysis’ results exhibit that scale’s original 3 dimensional models were appropriate for the Turkish sample (x²=399.55, df=167, RMSEA=.075, NNFI=.90, CFI=.91, IFI=.91, SRMR=.080, GFI=.86). In this case, scale is considered as a reliable and valid instrument in terms of measuring learners’ emotional intelligence degree in the education process of learners in Turkey.