Longitudinal assessment of trait emotional intelligence: Measurement invariance and construct continuity from late childhood to adolescence

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1255-1272

  Keefer, Kateryna V ^a,b   Holden, Ronald R ^a   Parker, James D A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Longitudinal stability; Measurement invariance; Positive youth development; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; CHARACTER; EGO DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHARACTER; CHILD; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84890018875     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033903     Document Type: Article

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