Examining the psychometric properties of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: Findings from an eastern European culture

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-128

  Iliescu, Dragos ^a   Ilie, Alexandra ^b   Ispas, Dan ^c   Ion, Andrei ^a  

^a National School of Political and Administrative Studies   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; MSCEIT; Psychometrics; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877968414     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000132     Document Type: Article

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