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Emotional intelligence scale for medical students.

Kalpana Srivastava¹, Saumya Joshi, Arkojyoti Raichaudhuri

¹Department of Psychiatry, Scientist 'F', Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

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Summary

A new Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) was developed for Indian medical undergraduates. The scale demonstrates reliability and concurrent validity, addressing a gap in Indian literature for assessing emotional intelligence in this population.

Keywords:

Emotional intelligence assessment medical undergraduates

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Medical Education

Background:

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is linked to positive professional outcomes.
Limited Indian research exists on EI, particularly among medical students.
No validated EI scale is available for the Indian context.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate an Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) tailored for Indian medical undergraduates.

Main Methods:

Four EI domains (Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social-Awareness, Social-Skills) were identified.
A 50-item pool was generated, reduced to 27 items via expert consensus.
The scale underwent pilot testing and was administered to 480 students for analysis.

Main Results:

The developed EIS demonstrated good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.68).
Concurrent validity was established through significant correlation with an existing Emotional Intelligence Test.

Conclusions:

An Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) for Indian medical undergraduates has been successfully constructed.
The scale possesses established reliability and concurrent validity for use in this population.