Cultural/Ethnic differences in EQ-i and EQ-i:YV scoresDate of publication: 08/07/2007 This section is still being developed but will eventually contain complete summaries of studies that have examined cultural/ethnic differences in EQ-i and EQ-i:YV scores. In the meantime, I have summarized the key studies that I am aware of. Should you wish to share findings from a study that you have conducted or have detailed information on studies that others have conducted focusing on this topic, please use the template provided above for summarizing this study and email it to us (info@reuvenbaron.org). You are invited to provide results that confirm or refute these findings and help us understand this area better. An analysis of variance of the North American normative sample (n=3,831) was conducted to examine the effect of ethnicity on EQ-i scores [Bar-On, 1997b]. An examination of the North American normative sample, upon which the EQ-i was normed, did not reveal significant differences in emotional-social intelligence between the various ethnic groups that were compared [Bar-On, 1997b, 2000, 2004; Bar-On & Parker, 2000]. This is an interesting finding when compared with some of the controversial conclusions that have been presented over the years suggesting significant differences in cognitive intelligence between various ethnic groups [e.g., Suzuki & Valencia, 1997]. To summarize the above findings, the Bar-On model reveals that there are no significant differences in emotional-social intelligence between the various ethnic groups that have been examined in North America.
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