The EQ-i® Assessment Description and Details:

• 133 items
• 15 subscales
• 3 validity scale
• It provides an operational definition of factors related to emotional intelligence.

• Written in plain language, 7th grade English reading level. (Consider Time Magazine is written at an 8th grade level.)

• Small, but significant age or gender biases appear in the EQ-i. These are to be considered when used in a hiring environment.

• It quantifies the inventory’s results based on research keys using validity and reliability factors.

• It draws relationships between a theoretical descriptive approach and the ability to quantify emotional intelligence.

• Broad application value: corporate, educational, clinical, medical, research and prevention programs.

Research with at-risk youths indicates that working with emotional intelligence may reduce violent and deviant behavior. (The EQ Edge, Stevens and Book)

Results are consistent with Marie Jahoda’s approach to “positive mental health” (1958). “Emotional Intelligence is focused on the successful end rather than the usual focus on pathology.” Marie Jahoda’s

Tied to the abilities to read various environments: political, professional and social, intuitively read others wants and needs and be in touch with their own strengths and weaknesses. Being the kind of person others enjoy being around or compelled to follow. Leadership application.

The assessment is linked to how thought passes through emotional processes and “convert outside information into individual action or response.” (Steven Stein Ph.D., Howard Book, M.D.)

EI isn’t “fixed” and demonstrates a leaning toward lifelong improvement. This is significant with the re-hiring trend of aging Boomers. Cumulative experience and the ability to generalize and process it, make a valuable employee!