The Exploratory and Confirmatory Factorial Structure of The Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Scale youth version among Secondary School Students inAL-Suwayda city

Abstract

The current research aims to recognize the exploratory and confirmatory factorial structure of the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Scale, the youth version, on a sample of secondary school students in the city of Suwayda (n= 682). The descriptive analytical method was used for this purpose, and the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Scale, youth version, was used. Al-Awaidi and Al-Rousan prepared and legalized it in the Jordanian environment in 2013. The Bar-On scale is a self-esteem scale and consists of (60) items distributed over 6 dimensions.

The validity and reliability of the scale items were verified, and the results of the first-order exploratory factor analysis showed the presence of six factors whose latent roots were more than one, and they explained (84.647) of the total variance.

By conducting a second-order exploratory factor analysis of the six factors, it was revealed that there was one acceptable main factor whose latent root reached (3.023) and explained (50.382) of the total variance. This was called the (emotional intelligence) factor. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that there was a match between the hypothesized model and the realistic model.

In light of the results, the researcher suggests applying the scale to broader samples and different age groups in order to verify its validity and reliability.

Conducting studies that reveal the ability of the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Scale to predict the success of individuals in their lives.