Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire – Adolescent Form [TEIQue-AF]

Description

The Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire – Adolescent Form (TEIQue-AF) is a self-report instrument designed to assess trait emotional intelligence in adolescents. The full version included in the provided material contains 153 items, while the same source also includes a 30-item short form (TEIQue-ASF).

The questionnaire examines how adolescents perceive their own emotional and social functioning, including emotional awareness, emotional expression, self-regulation, stress management, and interpersonal relationships.

Purpose

The main purpose of the TEIQue-AF is to provide an assessment of adolescents’ perceived emotional functioning across a broad range of personality-related and emotional characteristics.

The instrument may be used to explore relationships between trait emotional intelligence and areas such as academic functioning, school behavior, social relationships, and psychological adjustment.

Dimensions

In the short form, the TEIQue-ASF is organized around the following major dimensions:

• Well-being: Self-esteem, Happiness, and Optimism
• Self-control: Emotion Regulation, Low Impulsiveness, and Stress Management
• Emotionality: Empathy, Emotion Perception, Emotion Expression, and Relationship Skills
• Sociability: Emotion Management, Assertiveness, and Social Awareness/Social Competence
• Auxiliary facets: Adaptability and Self-motivation

These dimensions provide a multidimensional profile of adolescents’ perceived emotional strengths and difficulties.

Scoring

The short form uses a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from:

1 = Completely Disagree
to
7 = Completely Agree.

The provided material also specifies which items contribute to the four main factors of the TEIQue-ASF, allowing separate scores to be calculated for Well-being, Self-control, Emotionality, and Sociability.

Higher scores generally indicate higher levels of perceived trait emotional intelligence.

Data Analysis and Use

TEIQue-AF data may be analyzed both as an overall measure and through separate scores for its major dimensions.

Statistical analysis may include descriptive statistics, group comparisons, correlation analyses, and regression models, depending on the aims of the study.

The instrument may also be used to examine associations between emotional intelligence and academic performance or school-related behavior, areas addressed in the supporting literature included in the source material.

Psychometric Evidence

The provided material includes extensive references to the psychometric development and validation of the broader TEIQue framework, including studies examining its structure, reliability, and criterion-related validity.

Reliability and validity should be evaluated according to the specific version of the instrument and the population in which it is administered.

Applications

The TEIQue-AF may be used in educational psychology, developmental psychology, school counseling, and adolescent research.

It can support research on emotional adjustment, social functioning, self-regulation, and the relationship between emotional intelligence and adolescents’ school experiences.

References

Petrides, K. V. (2001). A psychometric investigation into the construct of emotional intelligence. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University College London.

Petrides, K. V., & Furnham, A. (2001). Trait emotional intelligence: Psychometric investigation with reference to established trait taxonomies. European Journal of Personality, 15, 425–448.

Petrides, K. V., Frederickson, N., & Furnham, A. (2004). The role of trait emotional intelligence in academic performance and deviant behavior at school. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 277–293.

Mikolajczak, M., Luminet, O., Leroy, C., & Roy, E. (2007). Psychometric properties of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire. Journal of Personality Assessment, 88, 338–353.

Petrides, K. V. (2009). Technical Manual for the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaires (TEIQue). London: London Psychometric Laboratory.