Table 3: Mean scores for the EI subscales (N = 284).

EI subscales Country Total mean Total level Mean Rank Mann-Whitney U Test P-value
(2-tailed)
Saudi Arabia Egypt
(n =158) (n =126) Saudi Arabia Egypt
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Perception of Emotion 3.5234 ±
0.55891
3.4738 ±
0.42992
3.5014 Moderate 148.91 134.46 8941.500 0.140
Managing Own Emotions 3.6751 ±
0.57078
3.2989 ± 0.47045 3.5082 Moderate 172.24 105.20 5254.500 0.000**
Managing Others’ Emotions 3.8861 ±
0.63905
3.7113 ± 0.49786 3.7813 High 156.22 125.30 7786.500 0.002**
Utilization of Emotion 3.8861 ±
0.63905
3.8770 ± 0.54413 3.8820 High 146.84 137.06 9268.500 0.316
EI mean scores 3.7068 ±
0.51770
3.5570 ± 0.37784 3.6403 Moderate 160.06 120.48 7179.000 0.000**

** significant at the .01 level (2-tailed).
Low EI: 1.00 to less than 2.33, Moderate EI: 2.33 to less than 3.66, High EI: 3.66 to 5.00