Emotionell intelligens (EI) handlar om hur man identifierar emotioner, dvs. förmågan att uppskatta, reglera och uttrycka sina egna samt andras emotioner. EI handlar också om hur man använder informationen om andras eller egna emotioner för att förbättra sina handlingar och sitt tänkande. Trait EI består av fyra faktorer: välmående, självkontroll, emotionalitet samt sociabilitet och den totala sammanräkningen av dessa kallas för global trait EI. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om medelålders män och kvinnor skiljer sig åt i EI. För att besvara syftet och frågeställningarna användes TEIQue-SF, vilket är ett självskattningsformulär med 30 påståenden. Det distribuerades via sociala medier. Deltagarna i studien var 169 personer varav 50 män och 119 kvinnor. Studiens främsta resultat var att män fick ett signifikant högre värde för självkontroll. Slutsatserna för studien är att resultaten tyder på att män och kvinnors EI inte skiljer sig åt förutom gällande självkontroll. / Emotional intelligence (EI) regards how a person identifies emotions, one's ability to estimate, regulate, and express one's own and others’ emotions. EI also regards how to use information about others’ or one's own emotions to enhance one's actions and thinking. Trait EI consists of four factors: well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability. The total score of these comprises global trait EI. The purpose of this study was to examine whether middle aged men and women differ regarding EI. To answer the purpose and the questions the TEIQue-SF was used. It's A self-assessment form with 30 statements. It was distributed via social media. The participants in the study were 169 people, 50 men and 119 women. The main result of the study was that men received a significantly higher value for self-control. The conclusions of the study are that the results imply men and women’s EI don’t differ except regarding self-control.

In this study, the author provided a discussion of international cross-cultural validation studies which reported low internal consistency reliabilities for the self-motivation facet of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue). A review of salient models of emotional intelligence (EI) revealed that self-motivation was consistently conceptualised as part of the sampling domain of trait and mixed models of EI, but not ability-based conceptualisations of the construct. The author provided a qualitative evaluation of the ten self-motivation test items as they appeared in the TEIQue with the purpose of exploring the operationalisation of the construct in a multi-cultural South African sample. The exploratory-descriptive research was conducted amongst permanent employees who have all completed the TEIQue as part of on-going employee assessments. The present study found limited support for a satisfactory operationalisation of the self-motivation facet of the TEIQue as it related to a multi-cultural South African research sample. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

In this study, the author provided a discussion of international cross-cultural validation studies which reported low internal consistency reliabilities for the self-motivation facet of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue). A review of salient models of emotional intelligence (EI) revealed that self-motivation was consistently conceptualised as part of the sampling domain of trait and mixed models of EI, but not ability-based conceptualisations of the construct. The author provided a qualitative evaluation of the ten self-motivation test items as they appeared in the TEIQue with the purpose of exploring the operationalisation of the construct in a multi-cultural South African sample. The exploratory-descriptive research was conducted amongst permanent employees who have all completed the TEIQue as part of on-going employee assessments. The present study found limited support for a satisfactory operationalisation of the self-motivation facet of the TEIQue as it related to a multi-cultural South African research sample. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology, with specialisation in Research Consultation)

Emotionell intelligens har studerats under flertalet år, i olika länder, och har definierats på olika sätt. Egenskapen emotionell intelligens består av fyra dimensioner; emotionality, self-control, well-being och sociability, och mäts genom mätinstrumentet TEIQue-SF. TEIQue-SF har uppnått god validitet som mätverktyg på olika språk, och valideras för första gången på svenska genom denna studie. Tidigare forskning har uppvisat flertalet samband mellan egenskapen emotionell intelligens (EI), personlighet och arbetsprestation. Dessa tillsammans har dock inte undersökts i Sverige. Syftet med att genomföra denna studie var att undersöka sambanden mellan Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form (TEIQ-SF), Mini-International Personality Inventory Pool-6 (Mini-IPIP6), Short Dark Triad (SD3) och Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) ytterligare, samt att ta reda på vilka personlighetsdrag och dimensioner inom självupplevd individuell arbetsprestation som bäst förklarar variansen inom TEIQue-SFs dimensioner. Studien genomfördes som en tvärsnittsstudie med 228 svenska deltagare (M = 34 år, SD = 12.6, range 16-71 år, 66% kvinnor) med genomsnittlig arbetslivserfarenhet på 14 år (SD = 11.5). Förväntat resultat var att neuroticism skulle korrelera negativt med TEIQue-SF fyra dimensioner, vilket uppnåddes även i denna studie. Positiva samband med Task performance och Contextual performance fanns mellan samtliga dimensioner av EI. Regressionsanalyser visade även att neuroticism hade negativt samband vid förklaring av varians i samtliga dimensioner tillhörande TEIQue-SF. En preliminär slutsats är att TEIQue-SF visat på teoretiskt och empiriskt rimliga samband med relevanta variabler, och kan anses vara validerat bland yngre personer med relativt hög utbildningsnivå. / Emotional intelligence has been defined differently throughout studies for many years in several countries. The trait emotional intelligence consists of four dimensions; emotionality, self-control, well-being and sociability, and is measured by the TEIQue-SF measuring instrument. TEIQue-SF has achieved good validity as a measurement tool in different languages and is now validated in Swedish through this study. Previous research has shown liaisons between the emotional intelligence (EI), personality and work performance. However, these together have not been investigated in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to investigate correlations between Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form (TEIQ-SF), Mini-International Personality nventory Pool-6 (Mini-IPIP6), Short Dark Triad (SD3) and Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ), and to find out which personality traits and dimensions within self-perceived individual work performance best explain the variance within TEIQue-SF dimensions. The study was conducted as a cross-sectional study with 228 Swedish participants (M = 34 years, SD = 12.6, range 16-71 years, 66% women) with an average work experience of 14 years (SD = 11.5). Expected result was that neuroticism would correlate negatively with TEIQue-SF four dimensions, which was also achieved in this study. Positive correlation with Task Performance and Contextual Performance was found between all dimensions of EI. Regression analysis also showed that neuroticism had a negative relation to explanation of variance in all imensions of TEIQue-SF. A preliminary conclusion is that TEIQue-SF has shown theoretical and empirically reasonable relation to relevant variables and can be considered validated among younger people with relatively high educational levels.

Die sportpsychologische Forschung zum Zusammenhang zwischen der emotionalen Intelligenz (EI) und der sportlichen Leistung im Wettkampfsport ist durch eine breite Vielfalt konzeptioneller EI-Modelle sowie eine heterogene Verwendung von EI-Inventaren gekennzeichnet. Die Befunde zum Einfluss der EI auf sowohl Mannschafts- als auch individuelle Leistungsindikatoren weisen in unterschiedliche Richtungen. Dies erschwert die Ableitung eindeutiger Schlussfolgerungen und die Bewertung des konkreten Beitrags des Konzepts der EI für den Wettkampfsport. Die vorliegende Dissertation trägt dazu bei, dieses Forschungsdesiderat anzugehen und die empirische Evidenz im Bereich der sportpsychologischen Forschung zum Zusammenhang zwischen der EI und der sportlichen Leistung zu präzisieren. Ausgangspunkt ist die theoretische Auseinandersetzung über die Rolle von Emotionen im Wettkampfsport und der notwendigen Fähigkeiten, diesen zu begegnen. Dies führt zur eingehenden Auseinandersetzung mit dem Konstrukt der EI, der sich gegenüberstehenden theoretischen Perspektiven der EI und deren Methoden zur EI-Operationalisierung. Es werden allgemeine Forschungsbefunde zur EI und repräsentative Auszüge empirischer Studien in der Sportpsychologie zur EI im Sport und konkret zum Zusammenhang mit der sportlichen Leistung dargestellt. Den Kern meiner kumulativen Dissertation bilden drei wissenschaftliche Studien (eine Metaanalyse und zwei empirische Querschnittsanalysen), von denen zwei in internationalen Zeitschriften mit Peer-Review-Verfahren veröffentlicht und eine eingereicht wurden. Das Ergebnis der quantitativen Metaanalyse, welches auf 22 Effektgrößen basiert, zeigt eine schwache, positive Verbindung zwischen dem Gesamtwert der EI und der sportlichen Leistung, was die Bedeutung der EI als möglichen Prädiktor für die sportliche Leistung im Wettkampfsport unterstreicht. Darüber hinaus empfiehlt die gemeinsame Analyse der eigenschafts- und fähigkeitsbasierten EI in einem quantitativen Querschnittsdesign (Studie 2) die Verwendung der Eigenschafts-EI, gemessen durch den „Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire“ (TEIQue), für die Vorhersage subjektiver Leistungsparameter im Wettkampfsport. Es wurde auch festgestellt, dass weder ein erhöhtes Niveau der eigenschaftsbasierten EI noch der fähigkeitsbasierten EI ausschließlich für Spitzensportler:innen charakteristisch ist. In der dritten Studie wurden in einem ersten Schritt emotionale Herausforderungen in verschiedenen Sportarten unter der Verwendung von Bewertungstheorien der Emotionen identifiziert und daraus ein Kategorisierungssystem für Sportarten theoretisch abgeleitet. Darauf aufbauend wurde in einer quantitativen Querschnittsanalyse nachgewiesen, dass nicht der Gesamtwert der eigenschaftsbasierten EI, sondern einzelnen Dimensionen – insbesondere die Dimension Selbstkontrolle, geeignet sind, zwischen Sportartengruppen zu differenzieren. Dies legt nahe, dass eine gezielte Fokussierung auf spezifische Aspekte der EI in Bezug auf bestimmte Sportgruppen sinnvoll sein kann. Die Ergebnisse der Einzelstudien werden zum theoretischen Diskurs in Bezug gesetzt. Es erfolgt eine kritische Reflektion der methodischen Limitationen der einzelnen Studien, die im Hinblick auf die Wahl der Forschungsmethoden zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfrage aufgetreten sind. Gleichzeitig werden mögliche Lösungsansätze für empirische Forschungsprojekte vorgestellt. Abschließend werden die zukünftigen Forschungsansätze und Handlungsempfehlungen für die sportpsychologische Praxis präsentiert. / The field of sport psychology has explored the relation between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and athletic performance in competitive sports, characterized by a diverse range of conceptual EI models and heterogeneous use of EI inventories. Findings on the influence of EI on both team and individual performance indicators have yielded varied results, complicating the derivation of definitive conclusions and the assessment of the specific contribution of the EI concept to competitive sports. This dissertation addresses this research gap by contributing to a more precise understanding of the empirical evidence in the domain of sport psychological research on the relationship between EI and athletic performance. The investigation commences with a theoretical examination of the role of emotions in competitive sports and the requisite skills to navigate them. This leads to a thorough exploration of the EI construct, the opposing theoretical perspectives of EI, and their methods of operationalization. General research findings on EI, along with representative excerpts from empirical studies in sport psychology on EI in sports, particularly in relation to athletic performance, are presented. The core of this cumulative dissertation comprises three scientific studies, a meta-analysis, and two empirical cross-sectional analyses, with two studies published in international peer-reviewed journals and one submitted. The results of the quantitative meta-analysis, based on 22 effect sizes, reveal a moderate, positive association between the overall score of EI and athletic performance, underscoring the significance of EI as a potential predictor for athletic performance. Additionally, the joint analysis of trait-based and ability-based EI in a quantitative cross-sectional design (Study 2) recommends the use of trait-based EI, measured by the "Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire" (TEIQue), for predicting subjective performance parameters in competitive sports. It was also observed that an elevated level of either trait-based EI or ability-based EI is not exclusive to elite athletes. In the third study, emotional challenges in various sports were initially identified using appraisal theories of emotions, leading to the theoretical derivation of a categorization system for sports. Subsequently, a quantitative cross-sectional analysis demonstrated that it is not the overall score of trait-based EI but individual dimensions—particularly the dimension of self-control—that are suitable for differentiating between sports groups. This suggests that a targeted focus on specific aspects of EI concerning certain sports groups may be meaningful. The results of individual studies are contextualized within the theoretical discourse, followed by a critical reflection on the methodological limitations of each study in terms of the choice of research methods to answer the research question. Simultaneously, potential solutions for empirical research projects are presented. Finally, future research avenues and recommendations for sport psychological practice are discussed.

Emotional intelligence has attracted a considerable amount of attention over the past few years specifically with regard to the nature of the underlying construct and the reliability and validity of the psychometric tools used to measure the construct. The present study explored the reliability and validity of a trait measure of EI in relation to an ability measure in order to determine whether the tools can be considered as measuring conceptually valid constructs within an occupational environment. The study also examined the overlap with a trait measure of cognitive thinking styles to determine the potential for separating the trait and ability EI into two unique and distinguishable constructs. Participants included 308 employees from four different workforces within a diverse South African consulting firm. The results of the study identified a number of psychometric concerns regarding the structural fidelity of the instruments as well as concerns about the cultural bias evident in both measurement instruments. Evidence for the discriminant and incremental validity of the two instruments was, however, provided and recommendations are made for the reconceptualisation of trait EI as an emotional competence and ability EI as an emotional intelligence. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)

Emotional intelligence has attracted a considerable amount of attention over the past few years specifically with regard to the nature of the underlying construct and the reliability and validity of the psychometric tools used to measure the construct. The present study explored the reliability and validity of a trait measure of EI in relation to an ability measure in order to determine whether the tools can be considered as measuring conceptually valid constructs within an occupational environment. The study also examined the overlap with a trait measure of cognitive thinking styles to determine the potential for separating the trait and ability EI into two unique and distinguishable constructs. Participants included 308 employees from four different workforces within a diverse South African consulting firm. The results of the study identified a number of psychometric concerns regarding the structural fidelity of the instruments as well as concerns about the cultural bias evident in both measurement instruments. Evidence for the discriminant and incremental validity of the two instruments was, however, provided and recommendations are made for the reconceptualisation of trait EI as an emotional competence and ability EI as an emotional intelligence. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)