Exploring the validity of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) with established emotions measures

Emotion

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 663-669

  Roberts, Richard D ^a   Schulze, Ralf ^a   O'Brien, Kristin ^b   MacCann, Carolyn ^b   Reid, John ^c   Maul, Andy ^d  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion perception; Emotional intelligence; Factor analysis; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33845486121     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.4.663     Document Type: Article

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