Development and Validation of Emotional Intelligence Inventory (Eii) for Secondary School Students

Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2014

Dr. Bhim Chandra Mondal, Dr. Birbal Saha, Dhiman Kar

This paper describes the development of the Emotional intelligence Inventory (EII) in Bengali version as tested

on 800 respondents. The understanding of emotional intelligence as reflected in the definition of Goleman

(2002) offers the possibility to derive an empirical questionnaire of EII. In this article, development of EII has been presented

by describing the operationalization process and then will be validated through a series of studies. Norm of the inventory

was determined after administration of 800 secondary school students. It is also validated by compå it with Mangal’s

Emotional Intelligence Inventory. The scale is found to be performs exceptionally well as a general measure of emotional

intelligence with acceptable internal consistency and construct validity.