Another common approach to measure EI draws heavily on self-report instruments assessing
personality variables and dispositions. One such instrument is the scale designed by Schutte et al. (1998) which was, in accordance with the investigation by Petrides and Furnham (2000), included as a reasonably
valid measure of EI. Other instruments were chosen on the basis of their more specific
relevance for emotion perception associated with EI, viz. alexithymia, empathy, and emotional
stability. These are concepts very close to the definition of EI and we shall refer to them as facets
of EI.