Payame Noor University Applied Research of Sport Management 2345-5551 2 1 2013 08 23 Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire in Sport Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire in Sport 139 150 539 FA Hosein Eydi Homayoun Abbasi Amin Bakhshi Chenari Masumeh Fadaei Aco Ebrahim Feghhi Journal Article 2013 06 18 Emotional intelligence as a psychological factor has an important role in psychology, management and<br />recently sport. The purpose of this research has a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of Emotional<br />Intelligence Questionnaire in Sport. Statically society was all of coach, referee and athlete of<br />Kermanshah, Iran that 166 person finally respond in questionnaire. After content validity, CFA, Pierson<br />test and Chronbakh alpha used for reliability and validity of questionnaire. Also, in CFA research the<br />number of sample was select according the factor of questionnaire. Result of CFA showed that six factor<br />of questionnaire was a good structure. Reliability of questionnaire with Chronbakh alpha for six factor<br />showed that the range between 0.73 -0.79. Result of CFA support six factor structure of emotional<br />intelligence include appraisal of own emotions, regulation of own emotions, utilization of own emotions,<br />optimism, social skills, and appraisal of others emotions has good fit. According to CFA result, suggest<br />that for confidence of questionnaire, future research test this questionnaire among other sample. Emotional intelligence as a psychological factor has an important role in psychology, management and<br />recently sport. The purpose of this research has a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of Emotional<br />Intelligence Questionnaire in Sport. Statically society was all of coach, referee and athlete of<br />Kermanshah, Iran that 166 person finally respond in questionnaire. After content validity, CFA, Pierson<br />test and Chronbakh alpha used for reliability and validity of questionnaire. Also, in CFA research the<br />number of sample was select according the factor of questionnaire. Result of CFA showed that six factor<br />of questionnaire was a good structure. Reliability of questionnaire with Chronbakh alpha for six factor<br />showed that the range between 0.73 -0.79. Result of CFA support six factor structure of emotional<br />intelligence include appraisal of own emotions, regulation of own emotions, utilization of own emotions,<br />optimism, social skills, and appraisal of others emotions has good fit. According to CFA result, suggest<br />that for confidence of questionnaire, future research test this questionnaire among other sample. https://arsmb.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_539_8a0627cd07edce8c390b0024d4a39bf2.pdf