The validity and reliability of USM emotional quotient inventory (USMEQ-i): Its use to measure emotional quotient (EQ) of future medical students

International Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-299

  Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri ^a   Rahim, Ahmad Fuad Abdul ^a   Pa, Mohamad Najib Mat ^a   Mey, See Ching ^b   Ja'Afar, Rogayah ^a   Esa, Ab Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Emotional quotient; Medicine; Reliability; Students selection; Undergraduate; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT INVENTORY;

EID: 83655165012     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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