Psychometric properties of Farsi version of the Emotional Intelligence Scale-41 (FEIS-41)

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Farsi version of the Emotional Intelligence Scale-41 (Austin, Saklofske, Huang, & McKenney, 2004) for 442 undergraduate students (282 female and 160 males) at the University of Tehran. All participants were asked to complete the Farsi version of the Emotional Intelligence Scale-41 (FEIS-41), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20; Bagby et al., 1994a and Bagby et al., 1994b), and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI; Veit & Ware, 1983). Findings supported the internal consistency, test–retest reliability, concurrent validity, and factor structure of the Farsi version of the EIS-41. The factors found in the Farsi version of the EIS-41 are similar to the three factors found in Austin et al.’s (2004) study and were accordingly labeled as Regulation of Emotions, Utilization of Emotions and Appraisal of Emotions.