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This study examines the identification of emotional intelligence as well as its structure through designing scale suitable to the Sudanese environment with respect to some degree of cultural sensitivity. To achieve this aim, two scientific methods were employed, namely, documentation and description method. Primary information questionnaire and the scale of emotional intelligence which was constructed on the form of self- report were used in the present study. The questionnaire as well as the scale was applied to a group of 410 participants both males and females from different sects of the society (leaders, employees and students). Both stratified and simple random sampling techniques were employed for the selection of the sample from Greater Khartoum. The study shows that items and dimensions of the constructed scale of emotional intelligence enjoyed adequate level of reliability when using different techniques such as person correlation, Spearman and Alpha. Additionally, the constructed sale shows adequate level of content and concurrent validity. The result of factor analysis shows that there is a high saturation of emotional intelligence with five sub structures including (Emotional Self-awareness & Motivation, Managing Emotion, General Mood, Emotion Facilitation of Thinking, and To Dial with others in a charitable way). The validity of the emotional intelligence reflects its discriminative ability and its variation from the general intelligence and its affiliation with mental abilities. The results of the study show that there is a significant differences in emotional intelligence attributed to different demographic variables (e.g., gender, age, social status, years of experience, occupational status, type of occupation, category of employment sect). There is no significant difference in emotional intelligence and its dimensions attributed to socioeconomic status and educational level. Furthermore, the study shows that emotional intelligence as a new concept has predictive ability for success in occupation and life as well. Finally, many general suggestions and recommendations were reached. (Author’s abstract)