psychometric properties of farsi version of trait emotional intelligence questionnaire- adolescent short form

Background: emotional intelligence (ei) is a kind of social intelligence and the main aspect of social maturity that improves the psychological health of adolescents. based on the theory of petrides, ei is made up of a distinctive series of traits and emotional self- perceptions related to the personality dimensions named trait emotional intelligence. trait emotional intelligence questionnaire- adolescent short form (teique-asf) is one of the few instruments for evaluating trait ei in adolescents. objectives: this study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of teique-asf in iranian adolescents. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the sample consisted of 550 high school students who were selected through randomized cluster sampling from four high schools in tehran. in addition to the teique-asf scale, we used the schutte emotional intelligence scale (seis) and the junior eysenck personality questionnaire (jepq) in this study. all analyses were carried out by ibm spss-22.0. results: the results revealed high internal consistency (cronbach’s α: 0.86, p < 0.001) and subscales of the teique-asf were signif- icantly correlated with the subscales of seis (p < 0.05), psychoticism, neuroticism, and extraversion (p < 0.05). factor analysis also verified the original four-factor structure (well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability). conclusions: the farsi version of teique-asf is a reliable and valid scale to assess the trait emotional intelligence of iranian adoles- cents and may, therefore, be a considerable measure for assessing trait emotional intelligence in educational and clinical contexts among adolescents.