This study explored the relationship between social intelligence and likability and the relationship between these two constructs and general intelligence. Five measures of social intelligence, three measures of general intelligence and three likability scales were used. / One hundred sixty-one college students took the social intelligence and general intelligence tests, and in addition, they provided information on how likable they perceived themselves on the likability scales. In addition, the roommates of sixty-three of these students rated these students on one social intelligence test and on three likability tests. / The results of confirmatory factor analyses supported the independence of social intelligence, general intelligence and likability as three separate constructs. The correlational analyses demonstrated some overlap between the domains of social and general intelligence, but no relationship was observed between social intelligence and likability or between general intelligence and likability. / For this study, two measures were developed: a social intelligence scale, developed from definitions of social intelligence as provided by researchers in the field, and a likability-dislikability scale, developed from both a theoretical and an implicit basis. The Social Intelligence Scale showed no relationship with any of the measures of social intelligence; however, it was consistently found to correlate with measures of likability. The Likability-Dislikability Scale appeared to have psychometric properties to be considered a useful scale. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: B, page: 1703. / Major Professor: Richard Hagen. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78444 |
| Contributors | Somoza, Maria Pilar., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 201 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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