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Abstract
The paper is focused on conceptualizing a measure to check emotional stability, especially in the Indian context. The construct is developed and validated in settings of Madhya Pradesh Region India concerning the working executives of the service industry (Education, Banking, and Insurance).The study is descriptive in nature and the survey method is used to collect the data. The literature review was done to collect relevant material and to identify the probable dimensions of emotional stability. The items of the questionnaire were finalized after discussion with experts. The primary data collected was checked with the help of PASW 18 and PLS-SEM. The second-order Reflective-Formative construct was validated. The collected data was analysed to a formative scale for emotional stability, for that Exploratory factor analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis was done. The construct which was finally developed consist of 25 questions which were converted into 8 dimensions which captured different facets of emotional stability of employee. It is developed as a formative construct to measure emotional stability with reference to the Indian context.
Keywords: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Emotional Stability, Emotional Stability Index, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Formative Construct, PLS-SEM 3
Introduction
Personality studies have become an interesting area of many researchers, and they have defined personality in their own aspects. Personality has been defined based on traits that a person is having. Theories have been developed to define and explain Personality, which talks about various traits of personality. The big five personality theory talks about emotional stability which refers to someone's ability to remain balanced and stable in different conditions whether positive or negative. Emotions are the key cause or source of Human energy, desire, and motivation. It triggers the innermost feeling of life and converts them into the things we say into the ideals we live by (Chaturvedi and Chander 2010). Emotional stability is one of the aspects of human personality which is often correlated with neuroticism. The current study which is done on Indian employees is specifically about emotional stability which is an important personality dimension. Emotional stability is often used as neuroticism (De Rasd 2000).
There are various personality inventories available but almost all the inventories are developed in western countries and the concept of such inventories are based on their perception of...