Factor structure, measurement invariance and structural invariance of the MSCEIT V2.0

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 492-496

  Gardner, Kathryn Jane ^a   Qualter, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ability emotional intelligence; Age; Factor analysis; Invariance; MSCEIT

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959330622     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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