The validity of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso emotional intelligence test (MSCEIT) as a measure of emotional intelligence

Emotion Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 394-402

  Maul, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

emotional intelligence; MSCEIT; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867172419     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912445811     Document Type: Review

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