The characteristics of our sample (N = 1458).

The main aim of this study is to introduce an implicit personality assessment method (e.g., implicit association test) to Kuwait. We adapted an existing personality-related implicit association test (IAT; Big Five IAT), while also constructed the first trait EI IAT based on Petrides’ four-factor model. We investigated the psychometric properties of the implicit association test through assessing the reliability of scores and also their relationship with their corresponding explicit measures. The measures were administered to 1458 university students in Kuwait. The zero-order correlations showed that the explicit and implicit measurement approaches led to non-converging constructs in the case of both trait EI and the Big Five. Lastly, we believe that we were successfully able to introduce the concept of personality-related implicit association tests to the Kuwaiti sample. Subsequently, the IATs presented in our study will allow researchers to study a relatively new personality field, that is the implicit personality.

本研究的核心目标是向科威特地区引入内隐人格测评方法，例如内隐联想测验（Implicit Association Test，IAT）。我们改编了一款已有的人格相关内隐联想测验（IAT；大五人格IAT），同时基于佩里德斯（Petrides）的四因素模型，构建了首个特质情绪智力（Trait EI）内隐联想测验。本研究通过评估测评得分的信度及其与对应外显测评工具的关联，对该内隐联想测验的心理测量学属性进行了考察。本次测评共招募科威特地区1458名大学生参与施测。零阶相关分析结果显示，针对特质情绪智力与大五人格两类构念，外显与内隐两种测评方式得到的结果均未呈现聚合效度。最后，我们认为本研究已成功将人格相关内隐联想测验的理念引入科威特样本群体；后续本研究中呈现的内隐联想测验，将为研究者探索相对新兴的内隐人格这一研究领域提供支持。