Reliability and Validity Preliminary of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire - short from(TEIQue-SF)

This research aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Trait emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-short from (TEIQue-SF, Petrides, & Furnham, 2004). In a descriptive cross – sectional study 306 students of Islamic azad university, Azadshahr branch (183 females and 123 males) who were selected using random stratified method, completed the TEIQue-SF, the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS, Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985) , the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) and the Trait Meta – Mood Scale (TMMS, Salovey, et al., 1995). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic methods and correlation coefficient .The test – retest reliability and Alfa Cronbach was ./66 and ./82. The correlation coefficient of TEIQue-SF with swls , DASS and TMMS were ./28, -./54 , -./42 , and ./47 respectively which were also significant (). The TEIQue-SF was valid and reliable among students.