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Situational effects in emotional reasoning assessment: A contribution to validity evidence on the two performance-based measures

The study demonstrates the results of the use of a particular class of structural equation models in acquiring validity evidence on two performance-based instruments intended to measure understanding and regulation of emotions, as widely agreed dimensions of emotional intelligence (EI) within ability- based models. Based on the assumptions of the latent state-trait theory (LST ; Steyer at al., 1992, 2015), several multi-construct LST structural equation models are formulated and tested against the EI data to identify and separate the portions of the observed variability in EI scores which can be attributed to dispositional and/or to situation-related factors. The same LST framework was applied to examine the relationships between the specified EI latent variables, i.e., component scores theoretically reflecting trait and situational/interactional effects, respectively, with general cognitive ability and self-concept measures. The analyses are based on the two sets of empirical data collected in three and two time points with adolescent and student samples, respectively. Relative amount of situation-specific variance appeared to vary across subsamples defined by gender and age groups, and in particular with time points and the instrument used. Expectedly, the structure of the observed relationships among the specified latent traits of all the measures examined showed to vary accordingly, as well. The implications of the results in terms of reaching more accurate estimates of relationships among the constructs of interest and thus more convincing convergent and discriminant validity evidence will be discussed.

emotional intelligence, validation study, LST theory

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