Researchers developed and tested a new scale called the College Student Ecological Emotional Intelligence Scale. They studied four groups of Chinese university students with a total sample size of over 20,000 people. The goal was to check if the tool works well and gives accurate results.
The study found that the five-factor model used in the scale was supported by the data. The total reliability score was 0.953, which indicates the tool is consistent. Scores on the scale were positively linked to psychological resilience and negatively linked to symptom factors measured by the SCL-90.
The tool performed consistently across different genders. This suggests it can be used fairly for both men and women. No safety concerns were reported because this was a measurement study, not a drug trial. The main reason to be careful is that this tool was created specifically for Chinese university students and may not work for other groups. Readers should see this as a useful instrument for assessing ecological emotional intelligence in this specific population.
