Table 1.
Factor loadings from principal component analysis for a two-factor solution for the emotional intelligence questionnaire.
| S/N | Item descriptions | Factors |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Commonality | ||
| EIS3 | I expected to perform well | .605 | .311 | |
| EIS28 | I easily lose hope of success when I encounter difficulties | -.541 | .226 | |
| EIS12 | I know how to sustain a positive emotion I experience | .518 | .330 | |
| EIS27 | I develop new ideas when I experience change in emotions | .512 | .277 | |
| EIS20 | I usually come up with new thoughts when I am in a positive mood | .492 | .240 | |
| EIS23 | I encourage myself when I take new task by imagining a positive outcome | .487 | .265 | |
| EIS2 | I use past experience to overcome obstacles when I face similar situation | .478 | .217 | |
| EIS21 | I am in charge of my emotional experiences | .474 | .286 | |
| EIS7 | When I have change in frame of mind, I see new hope | .466 | .486 | |
| EIS17 | In my positive mood, I easily solve problems | .456 | .439 | |
| EIS16 | I present myself in a manner that creates positive feelings on others | .435 | .286 | |
| EIS18 | I acknowledge others emotional experience by observing their facial looks | .506 | .410 | |
| EIS29 | When I look at others, I easily recognize their emotions | .696 | .466 | |
| EIS30 | I assist others when they are emotionally down | .679 | .375 | |
| EIS32 | When I listen to other people, I can tell their emotional experience | .638 | .307 | |
| EIS25 | I have knowledge of the nonverbal communications other people pass across | .535 | .335 | |
Note: factor 1 is Intrapersonal EI and factor 2 is Interpersonal EI; items shown on the table are those make .40 cut-off loading and they are arranged in a descending order based on the magnitude of each item. Items number are the same as the number in original Schutte et al. (1998)’ scale.