The Tromso Social Intelligence Scale, a self-report measure of social intelligence

Social intelligence is a construct that not only appeals to laymen as a rel evant individual difference but also has shown promising practical applicat ions. Nevertheless, the use of social intelligence in research and applied settings has been limited by definitional problems, difficulties in empiric ally differentiating social intelligence from related constructs, and the c omplexity of most existing measures of social intelligence. The goal of the present research was to address some of these obstacles by designing a mul ti-faceted social intelligence measure that is short and easy to administer . Three studies were conducted to develop and validate the Tromso Social In telligence Scale (TSIS). Study I examined professional psychologists' inter pretations of social intelligence to derive a consensually agreed-upon defi nition of the construct. In Study 2, a large pool of social intelligence it ems were tested, and a 3-factor, 21-item scale was identified. In Study 3, the stability of this measure was confirmed.