EQ-i 2.0
A new adult version, the EQ-i 2.0, has recently become available (MHS, 2011) and is suitable for individuals
181years. While having the same number of composites, subscales, and items, there are some significant
changes to the items, norms, factors, and subscales. Compared to the EQ-i, in which individual items had been
keyed on multiple subscales, the EQ-i 2.0 items are unique to individual subscales. The composites and subscales
are: Self-Perception (Self-Regard, Self-Actualization, Emotional Self-Awareness), Self-Expression (Emotional
Expression, Assertiveness, Independence), Interpersonal (Interpersonal Relationships, Empathy, Social
Responsibility), Decision Making (Problem Solving, Reality Testing, Impulse Control), and Stress Management
(Flexibility, Stress Tolerance, Optimism). Five validity indices are employed to assist in determining the ‘accu-
racy’ of the self-reported responses.
Sample
The North American normative sample of the EQ-i comprised 3,831 adults from most American states and all
Canadian provinces ( Bar-On, 1997 ). Normative data for the EQ-i:YV ( Bar-On & Parker, 2000 ) were obtained from
9172 children and adolescents.
EQ-i 2.0 normative sample comprises 4000 adults from all American states and Canadian provinces of the U.S.
and Canadian general populations.
Reliability
Internal Consistency
Across seven samples, the EQ-i had an average alpha level of .76 for its 15 facets. The range of Cronbach alpha
coefficients was .69 for social responsibility to .86 for self-regard. The EQ-i:Short also had acceptable alpha levels,
ranging from .76. to .93, as well as an acceptable average of inter-item correlations, which ranged from .18 to .43
(Bar-On, 2002 ).
For both the full and short forms of the EQ-i:YV, Cronbach alpha coefficients ranged from .65 to .90 for the full
form and from .65 to .90 for the short form ( Bar-On & Parker, 2000 ).
The EQ-i 2.0 total scale alpha coefficient was .97. The alpha coefficients for the five composite scales ranged
from .88 to .93 and all subscales showed a minimum Cronbach alpha of .77. These alpha coefficients held also for
the age and gender normative groups (MHS, 2011).
Test/C0Retest
The EQ-i’s test /C0retest reliability in a South African sample was .85 over a one-month period and .75 over a
four-month period, with a low of .78 for social responsibility and a high of .92 for self-regard ( Bar-On, 1997 ).
Over a six-month period, test /C0retest correlations ranged from .57 to .80 for the EQ-i:Short ( Bar-On, 2002 ). In a
study of 238 undergraduate students, test /C0retest correlations were stable over a 32-month period, ranging from
.43 for adaptability to .75 for stress management ( Parker et al., 2005b ).
For the EQ-i:YV, adequate levels of test /C0retest reliability were reported over a 3-week period, ranging from
.77 for general mood to .89 for total EI for the full form and from .81 for interpersonal EI to .88 for stress manage-
ment for the short form ( Wood et al., 2009 ).
Over a 2 /C04 week time interval, test /C0retest correlations of the EQ-i 2.0 were .92 for the total score, .86 to .91 for
the five factors, and .78 to .89 for the subscales ( N5204). Eight-week test /C0retest correlations for 104 individuals
were .81 for the total score, .76 to .83 for the composite scores, and .70 to .84 for the subscales.
Validity (EQ-i)
Convergent/Concurrent
The EQ-i total score exhibited a moderate correlation of .43 with the AES ( Schutte et al., 1998 ) and shared con-
siderable variance with the Big Five ( r5.75) in a sample of college students ( Brackett & Mayer, 2003 ). In a sample
of Canadian military personal, correlations with the Big Five ranged from .15 (stress management and extraver-
sion) to .66 (stress management and emotional stability) across factor scores ( Livingstone & Day, 2005 ). These
results support the trait EI framework proposed for self-report measures of the concept.395 TRAIT EI MEASURES
III. EMOTION REGULATION