Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the Bar-On EQ-i: S measure over Canadian, Scottish, South African and Australian samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-290

  Ekermans, Gina ^a   Saklofske, Donald H ^b   Austin, Elizabeth ^c   Stough, Con ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Emotional Intelligence; Measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249236207     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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