Introducing the Short Index of Emotional Intelligence (SIEI): Reliability and validity among Anglican clergy, Presbyterian ministers, and Salvation Army officers

Francis, L.J., Emslie, N.J. and McKenna, U. (2025) Introducing the Short Index of Emotional Intelligence (SIEI): Reliability and validity among Anglican clergy, Presbyterian ministers, and Salvation Army officers. Mental Health, Religion and Culture. ISSN 1367-4676

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Abstract

In light of growing interest in employing measures of emotional intelligence in studies of clergy, the present study proposes a Short Index of Emotional Intelligence, drawing four sets of three items from the 33-item Schutte measure to map onto the domains of self-emotion appraisal, others emotion appraisal, use of emotion, and regulation of emotion. These 12 items were tested on data from three studies that employed the Schutte measure among 364 Anglican clergy, 505 Presbyterian ministers, and 431 Salvation Army officers. The data demonstrate good internal consistency reliability, concurrent validity against the parent measure, and construct validity within the context of psychological type theory.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published by Taylor & Francis in 2025. This is an author accepted manuscript of a published open access article available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2025.2466800. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self archiving policy.
Keywords:	clergy studies emotional intelligence short scale psychometric properties
Depositing User:	Ursula Mckenna
Date Deposited:	08 May 2025 09:53
Last Modified:	29 Sep 2025 10:40
URI:	https://lbro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1236

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