It broadly conceptualizes EI as ‘‘an array of non-cognitive
capabilities, competencies, and skills that influence one’s ability to
succeed in coping with environmental demands and pressures’’ (p.
14). However, the measure based on this model, the Emotional
Quotient Inventory (EQ-i), is most appropriately viewed as a
measure of trait EI, since it assesses typical rather than maximum
performance [3]. Trait EI is an umbrella construct that integrates
the range of personality traits linked to emotions; it represents the
affective dimension of personality [3].