Original Articles

Confirming the Factor Structure of the 41-Item Version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale

Published in: Journal of Psychology in Africa
Volume 23 , issue 2 , 2013 , pages: 213–221

DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2013.10820617

Author(s): Marais Bester North-West University, South Africa , Cara S. Jonker North-West University, South Africa , Jan Alewyn Nel North-West University, South Africa

Keywords: emotional intelligence-measurement , 41-Item version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale , quantitative-cross-sectional , South African nursing context

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Abstract

The main aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the 41-item version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale within a South African nursing environment. An availability non-probability sample (N =290) of nurses from hospitals in the North-West and Gauteng Provinces of South Africa were taken. Participants completed the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS). The data were analysed by employing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) via AMOS. The data fitted the original model of Emotional Intelligence of Salovey and Mayer (1990), best explaining 58.52% of the variance. The results supported a five-factor structure of the SEIS. The five factors were named: Emotion Utilisation; Emotion Management; Emotion Awareness; Emotion Perceiving and Emotion Integration.

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