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Assessing Emotional Self‐Efficacy: Evaluating Validity and Dimensionality with Cross‐Cultural Samples
Author(s) -
Choi Sungwon,
Kluemper Donald H.,
Sauley Kerry S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00515.x
Subject(s) - psychology , emotional intelligence , disposition , coping (psychology) , construct validity , curse of dimensionality , social psychology , self efficacy , construct (python library) , incremental validity , developmental psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , computer science , programming language
The concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has frequently been conceptualised as a stable construct (i.e. an intelligence or disposition). As a theoretically distinct form of EI, we advance a measure of emotional self‐efficacy (ESE), which is more dynamic and malleable than traditional EI measures. Two studies across two cultures yield a six‐dimensional model of ESE. These six dimensions are shown to differ in their relationships with various outcomes. ESE is shown to predict low levels of stress and high levels of life satisfaction and coping beyond self‐efficacy.