The modified Chinese version of Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale for measurement of emotional health: revision and psychometric evaluation.
10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2025.10.15
- Author:
Rong XIAO
1
;
Xia LÜ
1
Author Information
1. Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Wong and Law's Emotional Intelligence Scale;
emotional health;
emotional intelligence;
measurement invariance;
reliability;
validity
- MeSH:
Humans;
Psychometrics;
Emotional Intelligence;
Young Adult;
Adult;
Male;
Female;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Reproducibility of Results;
Adolescent
- From:
Journal of Southern Medical University
2025;45(10):2191-2198
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To revise and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Wong and Law's Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS).
METHODS:The 11 items of the original WLEIS were modified to form the WLEIS-CR, with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and Flourishing Scale (FS) as the validity criteria. A total of 1546 adult participants were evaluated using all these scales, and a retest was conducted among 192 college students to assess the item discrimination, reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the modified WLEIS-CR.
RESULTS:All the 16 items of the modified WLEIS-CR demonstrated good discriminative power (r=0.570 -0.764, P<0.001). The structural equation model from a confirmatory factor analysis showed excellent fit indices (χ²/df=4.610, GFI=0.965, PGFI=0.674, RMR=0.028, NFI=0.975, CFI=0.980, RMSEA=0.048). The criterion-related validity of the modified WLEIS-CR with FS, GAD-7, and PHQ-9 was 0.674, -0.347, and -0.368, respectively (P<0.001). The internal consistency (Cronbach's α) was 0.913 for the total scale and ranged from 0.867 to 0.916 for the subscales. The split-half reliability was 0.956 for the total scale and 0.865-0.924 for the subscales. Test-retest reliability was 0.701 for the total scale and 0.610-0.684 for the subscales. Normative interpretation criteria were established: 7.6% of participants had "low", 19.3% had "below average", 22.3% had "moderate", 34.3% had "above average", and 16.5% had "very high" emotional intelligence. The scale demonstrated a good measurement invariance across gender, identity, and age groups.
CONCLUSIONS:The modified WLEIS-CR has good reliability, validity and measurement invariance, and is suitable for evaluating emotional intelligence of Chinese adults to assess their emotional health.
