This article describes the development and validation of QEg, a
generalized version of an
existing performance-based measure of emotional intelligence (QEPro). While QEPro was designed for a population
of French managers and leaders, QEg was designed for the French general
population of adults. QEg is an
extended version of QEPro from which existing items were extracted and
revalidated and other items created in the context of the general population
and everyday life. QEg is based on QEPro’s three-dimensional EI model and scoring approach. Our study showed that QEg
has good psychometric qualities such
as high measurement precision, an appropriate level of difficulty and a
clear factorial structure that is similar to QEPro.
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