Psychometric Analysis of the Perceived Emotional Intelligence Scale among Teachers

The purpose of the present study was to investigate psychometric adequacy of the Perceived Emotional Intelligence Scale (PEIS, Brackett & Mayer, 2003) among Noor teachers. 203 teachers (104 male, 99 female) completed the PEIS and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI, Maslach, Jackson & Leiter, 1996). The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis methods and internal consistency were used to compute the PEIS's factorial validity and reliability, respectively. Also, in order to examine the construct validity of the PEIS, we computed correlations between different dimensions of PEIS with MBI. The results of principal component analysis (PC) and varimax rotation replicated 5-factor structure of the social management, managing emotion (self), understanding emotion, use of Emotion & perceiving emotion in the Iranian sample. Goodness-of-fit indices of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 5 extracted factors. Correlational analyses between PEIS's factors with MBI's factors provided initial evidence for the PEIS convergent validity. Internal consistency for the PEIS's factors was desirable (a=0/60-0/90). In sum, these findings provide evidence for the validity and reliability of the PEIS as an instrument to measure of perceived emotional intelligence among Iranian teachers.