A rasch rating scale modeling of the schutte self-report emotional intelligence scale in a sample of international students

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Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 484-496

  Kim, Do Hong ^a   Wang, Chuang ^a   Ng, Kok Mun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional intelligence; international students; psychometrics; Rasch model; SSREI; the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Scale

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049371682     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110376593     Document Type: Article

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