Se o coração pensasse, pararia? – Desenvolvimento de um Instrumento de Avaliação da Inteligência Emocional Grupal

The model of Group Emotional Intelligence by Druskat and Wolff (2001a; 2001b) presents six dimensions which describe emotional intelligence, distributed through three analysis levels and formed by norms that, theoretically, arouse and regulate emotions in groups/teams. In this study, the Group Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (Hamme, 2003, has been adapted to Portuguese, which has its basis on the model referred and that contains five dimensions (Group Regulation of Members, Group Self-Awareness, Group Self-Regulation, and Group Social Awareness/Skill). Based on a sample of 333 individuals belonging to 74 groups, construct validity of the Questionnaire of Group Emotional Intelligence (QIEG) was tested, by means of a Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The results showed the emergency of four interpretable dimensions, instead of the five expected from the original scale. The dimensions evaluated in the QIEG – Group Regulation of Members, Group Self- Awareness, Group Self-Regulation, and Group Social Awareness/Skills – showed values of satisfactory internal consistency, indicating a good level of instrument´s reliability.