Research Article | Open Access

Development and Validation of Social Intelligence Scale for University Students

    Shazia Habib

    Department of Clinical Psychology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Sadia Saleem

    Department of Clinical Psychology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Zahid Mahmood

    Department of Clinical Psychology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan


Received
16 Jun, 2011
Accepted
18 Feb, 2013
Published
30 Jun, 2013

The present research was undertaken to develop and validate the social intelligence scale. Attributes of social intelligence were elicited from 35 university students. After empirical validation, 431 university students were asked to rate themselves on the 98 item on a 4-point scale. Factor analysis revealed five factors namely; Social Manipulation (SM), Social Facilitation (SF), Social Empathy (SE), Extroversion (E), and Social Adaptability (SA). SM and SA appeared to be the two ends of social skills judged to be negative and positive. SM comprising rather devious set of items used to exploit others for selfish ends. SA represented honest and sincere interaction with others resulting in mutual benefit. SF was positively related to SE and SA whereas SM was not. Extroversion correlated highly with all factors. Construct validity was established with the help of Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (Bar-On, 1997) and test retest reliability was also found to be satisfactory. The findings are discussed in terms of the factor structure and function of SI in the context of the culture.

How to Cite this paper?


APA-7 Style
Habib, S., Saleem, S., Mahmood, Z. (2013). Development and Validation of Social Intelligence Scale for University Students. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 28(1), 65-83. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=296

ACS Style
Habib, S.; Saleem, S.; Mahmood, Z. Development and Validation of Social Intelligence Scale for University Students. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2013, 28, 65-83. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=296

AMA Style
Habib S, Saleem S, Mahmood Z. Development and Validation of Social Intelligence Scale for University Students. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2013; 28(1): 65-83. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=296

Chicago/Turabian Style
Habib, Shazia, Sadia Saleem, and Zahid Mahmood. 2013. "Development and Validation of Social Intelligence Scale for University Students" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 28, no. 1: 65-83. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=296