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🧿 Psychology
What is your EQ?
Measure your emotional intelligence across 4 dimensions.
Rate each statement 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
1I know why my emotions change.
2I easily recognize my emotions as I experience them.
3I have control over my emotions.
4When I am faced with obstacles, I remember times I faced similar obstacles and overcame them.
5I can tell how people are feeling by looking at their facial expressions.
6I am aware of the non-verbal messages other people send.
7When another person tells me about an important event, I almost feel as though I experienced it myself.
8I compliment others when they have done something well.
9I help other people feel better when they are down.
10I arrange events that others enjoy.
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Emotional intelligence (EI/EQ) is your ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions — both yours and others'. The SSEIT (Schutte et al. 1998) is a validated 33-item self-report scale; this quiz uses a 10-item adaptation across the same 4 dimensions.
The 4 dimensions of EQ (Salovey & Mayer 1990)
- Self-Awareness (items 1-2): Recognizing your own emotions in real time
- Self-Regulation (items 3-4): Managing emotions and adapting to situations
- Social Awareness (items 5-7): Reading others' emotions and social cues
- Relationship Management (items 8-10): Influencing and supporting others
Population norms
- SSEIT mean: 124/165 (full scale) — about 37.5/50 on this version
- Women score slightly higher than men (d=0.15-0.20)
- EQ increases with age until ~60, then plateaus
- Higher EQ predicts: better relationships, job performance, mental health, and leadership
- Unlike IQ, emotional intelligence is highly trainable
Sources: Schutte et al. (1998, SSEIT), Salovey & Mayer (1990), Petrides & Furnham (2001), Journal of Applied Psychology.