Bar-On–Inspired Emotional Intelligence Test

Explore your emotional and social habits with this
free self-assessment inspired by Reuven Bar-On’s emotional intelligence framework.
Reflect on how you recognize emotions, relate to others, manage pressure,
and respond to everyday challenges.

This is not the official EQ-i or EQ-i 2.0 assessment.
It is an adapted questionnaire for personal reflection. Results should not
be interpreted as standardized EQ-i scores, population rankings, a diagnosis,
or a professional evaluation.

Answer each statement based on how you are most of the time,
rather than how you wish to appear. There are no right or wrong answers.

About This Bar-On–Inspired Emotional Intelligence Test

Reuven Bar-On’s framework describes emotional and social functioning through
several related areas. This Eduolog adaptation explores
14 personal-profile subscales grouped into five main areas.
It does not reproduce the complete official inventory or its standardized
scoring system.

The questionnaire contains 60 items. Of these, 56 relate to the 14
personal-profile subscales. Four additional items are separate from those
subscales.

The 5 Main Areas in Your Results

1. Intrapersonal Skills

This area explores how you recognize your emotions, view yourself,
pursue personal goals, and make independent decisions.

  • Emotional Self-Awareness: Recognizing and understanding your feelings.
  • Self-Regard: Accepting yourself while recognizing strengths and limitations.
  • Self-Actualization: Working toward meaningful goals and personal development.
  • Independence: Making decisions and acting with appropriate self-reliance.

About this adaptation: Assertiveness is not included as a
separate subscale in this version.

2. Interpersonal Skills

This area explores your perceptions of how you understand others,
contribute to shared responsibilities, and maintain relationships.

  • Empathy: Considering other people’s feelings and perspectives.
  • Social Responsibility: Contributing to groups and considering the common good.
  • Interpersonal Relationships: Developing supportive and mutually satisfying connections.

3. Adaptability

This area explores how you approach problems, evaluate situations,
and adjust when circumstances change.

  • Problem Solving: Identifying difficulties and considering constructive responses.
  • Reality Testing: Comparing your interpretations with available information.
  • Flexibility: Adjusting your thinking and behavior when appropriate.

4. Stress Management

This area explores how you perceive your responses to pressure and
your ability to pause before reacting.

  • Stress Tolerance: Responding to demanding situations without becoming overwhelmed.
  • Impulse Control: Considering consequences before acting on an immediate urge.

5. General Mood

This area explores your reported sense of enjoyment, satisfaction,
and hopefulness.

  • Happiness: Experiencing enjoyment and satisfaction in everyday life.
  • Optimism: Maintaining a hopeful outlook while acknowledging difficulties.

How to Read Your Emotional Intelligence Profile

Your results summarize how you answered questions in each area.
They describe your self-reported experiences and habits;
they are not an objective measurement of your overall ability or worth.

Read the five main areas alongside their individual subscales.
An overall category score can hide differences between its components.
For example, your responses about empathy may differ from your responses
about maintaining relationships.

The main areas contain different numbers of questions, so
their raw totals have different maximums.
A larger raw total in one area does not automatically mean it is your
strongest area.

What Do the Percentages Mean?

Percentages describe scores within this questionnaire’s scoring system.
They are not population percentiles, percentages of emotional
intelligence, or official EQ-i scores. A result of 70%, for example,
does not mean that you are more emotionally intelligent than 70% of people.

Using Your Results for Personal Reflection

Choose one area you would like to explore and compare the description with
specific situations from your life. Consider what fits, what does not,
and whether feedback from someone you trust offers another perspective.

  • Emotional awareness: Notice and name your feelings in everyday situations.
  • Relationships: Ask questions and check your understanding before making assumptions.
  • Adaptability: Consider more than one possible response to a problem.
  • Stress management: Reflect on situations that make it harder to pause before reacting.
  • General mood: Notice the activities, relationships, and circumstances that affect your outlook.

These are reflection prompts, not treatment recommendations.
A lower score is not a personal failure, and a higher score does not
guarantee success in relationships, education, or work.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the official Bar-On EQ-i or EQ-i 2.0?

No. This is an adapted self-assessment inspired by Bar-On’s framework.
Its questions, structure, and results should not be treated as equivalent
to an official EQ-i assessment.

Why are there 14 personal-profile subscales?

This version includes the 14 subscales listed above.
Assertiveness, which appears as a separate subscale in the original
Bar-On model, is not separately assessed here.

Does this test diagnose a mental health condition?

No. It does not diagnose a condition or replace an assessment by a
qualified professional.

Can my results change?

Yes. Your answers may vary with your circumstances, recent experiences,
mood, and interpretation of the questions. A change in score alone does
not prove that a skill has improved or declined.

Can I use these results for hiring or formal evaluation?

This self-reflection questionnaire is not designed to determine hiring
decisions, educational placement, clinical conclusions, or other formal
outcomes.

Sources and Further Reading

These sources explain the underlying model and the official assessment.
They do not establish the validity of this Eduolog adaptation.

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