A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS MODEL OF ADVERSITY QUOTIENT AND EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT FOR WORKING ADULTS IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN BANGKOK
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This research provides a confirmatory factor analysis model of Paul G. Stoltz’s adversity quotient and Daniel Goleman’s emotional quotient by using a survey research methodology. The research instrument was a questionnaire consisting of 45 items which has the Index of Item Objective Congruence (IOC) between 0.66-1.00 and the reliability coefficient of 0.95. The research sample consisted of 300 working adults in private universities in Bangkok, obtained by simple random sampling who voluntarily gave information to answer the online questionnaire. Research data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics of percentage, mean and standard deviation and using inferential statistics of confirmatory factor analysis.
The results showed that the stability of the adversity quotient and emotional quotient of working adults were found to hold the mean of safety values between the two using the statistical modification index to adjust the model totaling 17 pairs. The results of the model analysis of adversity quotient and emotional quotient were consistent with the empirical data. The adversity quotient consisted of 4 factors that could be ranked based on their factor loadings from top to bottom as follows; the factor of control, the factor of searching for causes and responsibility for the problems, the factor of upcoming impacts, and the factor of ability to deal with the enduring problems, respectively. All factors were consistent with the empirical data. The factor loading was statistically significant at the 0.05 level. The emotional quotient was consistent with conditional evidence-base at the statistical acceptance level, covering 5 factors as follows; the factor of realizing one’s emotions, the factor of appropriately control one’s emotions, the factor of empathy, the factor of motivating oneself, and the factor of handling relationships. The results of the analysis revealed that the factor of motivating oneself received the highest component weight, followed by the factor of empathy, the factor of realizing one’s emotion, the factor of handling relationships, and the factor of appropriately control one’s emotions, respectively, all of which were consistent with the empirical data, the factor loading was also statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
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