Construct validity of the Italian version of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) v2.0

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 486-494

  Curci, Antonietta ^a   Lanciano, Tiziana ^a   Soleti, Emanuela ^a   Zammuner, Vanda Lucia ^b   Salovey, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY; ARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84882393953     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2013.778272     Document Type: Article

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