Part V: Creating The EQ-i 2.0 And EQ 360 2.0

Dutch Norms

Overview

The release of the Dutch EQ-i 2.0 General Population Norms provides users with the ability to score their clients against data collected from the Netherlands. This chapter provides normative and psychometric information particular to the Dutch population. The EQ-i 2.0 assessment remains unchanged, but an additional normative sample is now available (the original North American normative samples are described in detail in Standardization, Reliability, and Validity; information about normative data from other countries is available in Additional Norms).

This chapter describes the development of the EQ-i 2.0 Dutch normative sample. For information on the EQ-i 2.0, including administration, interpretation, and development of the North American Norms, please refer to Parts I-V of the EQ-i 2.0 User’s Handbook.

The EQ-i 2.0 data were collected from 1,000 Dutch respondents, with approximately equal proportions of genders within five age intervals from across the country. Several small- to medium-sized effects were found for gender. Women scored higher than men on the Empathy, Emotional Self-Awareness, Emotional Expression, and Interpersonal Relationships subscales, as well as the Interpersonal composite; men scored higher than women on the Stress Tolerance, Problem Solving, Self-Regard, and Independence subscales, as well as the Decision Making composite. Small-sized effects were also seen across age groups for the Emotional Self-Awareness, Independence, Interpersonal Relationships, Social Responsibility, Problem Solving, Impulse Control, and Stress Tolerance subscales, as well as the Decision Making composite. This led to the creation of both overall norms and age- and gender-specific norms. Finally, EQ-i 2.0 scores were found to be reliable in the Dutch sample, and the factor structure that was developed in North America was closely approximated with the Dutch sample data. Further details regarding these results are provided in the EQ-i 2.0 Dutch Norms – Standardization section below.