The Threshold Assessment Grid (TAG) is a brief method of identifying the severely mentally ill, which has adequate face, concurrent, construct and content validity.

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This study explores the relationship between the Bar-on EQ-I and the Occupational Personality Questionnaire OPQ32i to determine if there is a link between self- and other-reported Emotional Intelligence and personality traits. Data was obtained from 329 managers working in the IT and Finance sectors and included multi-source (360°) measures of Emotional Intelligence. Results indicated construct overlap and correlations between some elements of Emotional Intelligence and the OPQ32i with a stronger relationship between 360 measures of Emotional Intelligence and personality. On both the self-report measure of EQ-I and the 360 measure the mood scale showed a strongest link with personality factors. Measures of Emotional Intelligence which include a 360 component may thus provide a more useful indicator of an individual's ability to manage their own feelings and those of others.

In this paper we examine the evolution of the critical layer in a viscous stratified fluid when the Richardson number J = ¼ and the Reynolds number R is large. The basic flow consists of a hyperbolic tangent profile for both the velocity and the density variation, and on this is superimposed a free oscillation periodic in x . It is the determination of the nonlinear equation for the amplitude of this oscillation, which is characterized by a small parameter ε , that is our prime concern. This has been achieved analytically for a quasi-steady critical layer when the Prandtl number Pr is unity and when the order of magnitude of R bears a certain relation to that of ε . The thickness of the layer is O ( R -1/3 ) and the time scale on which the development takes place is large, specifically O ( R -2 ε -4 ). Discussion of the effects of the distortion of the mean flow is also included. When Pr ≠ 1 the appropriate time scale is shorter and O ( R -1 ε -2 ). The results of the analysis are confirmed by a numerical study for large but finite R which indicates that the form of the amplitude equation is different for Prandtl numbers other than unity. As R →∞ the basic shear is supercritically stable or unstable according as Pr ≷ 1.

Over 300 British adults completed the Hogan Development Survey (HDS) (Hogan & Hogan, 2001), a measure of the personality disorders and the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi) (Bar-On, 2004). Work associates known to the participants also completed an observers' version of the EQi. The structures of both inventories were examined. The HDS factored into three clear factors (clusters A, B, C) confirming previous analyses while the EQi had a single factor structure. Cluster B disorders (labelled Moving Against People) were correlated negatively with the Stress scale on the EQi while Cluster A disorders (labelled Moving Away from People) were negatively correlated with Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Mood subscale scores on the EQi. Regressions showed that Avoidant, Schizoid and Narcissistic disorders most consistently related to the self-reported EQi subscale scores. Interestingly Paranoia was positively correlated with the total and the Intrapersonal EQi scores. Participants tended to have higher self, compared to observer scores on the EQi. Only one regression was significant: participants with lower Borderline and Schizotypal scores were seen to be better at Stress management.