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Journal of Psychological Sciences, ISSN 2379-0121 Betty Jones Sisters Publishing October 2015, Vol. 1, No. 2, 47-61 The BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i): Development and Psychometric Adaptation in Bahasa Indonesia∗ Zahrasari L. Dewi Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Indonesia Magdalena S. Halim Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Indonesia Jan Derksen Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands The BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i; BarOn, 2004) was created to assess emotional intelligence (EI). In our research project we produced the Indonesian version. The EQ-i was translated from English into Bahasa Indonesia and back-translated into English. Test-retest reliabilities and internal consistencies amongst 2801 Indonesians were calculated and found quite satisfactory. The exploratory factor analyses (N = 500) and the confirmatory factor analysis (N = 750) were identified and largely consistent with the original version’s composite scales and sub scales. Our findings support the use of the Indonesian version of the EQ-i. Keywords: Emotional intelligence, development, psychometric adaptation, Bahasa Indonesia Introduction Literature on emotional intelligence (EI) has generally distinguished between two models of EI: the ability model and the mixed model (Schulze Robert, 2005; Wood, P