Emotional intelligence is a second-stratum factor of intelligence: Evidence from hierarchical and bifactor models

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 358-374

  MacCann, Carolyn ^a   Joseph, Dana L ^b   Newman, Daniel A ^c   Roberts, Richard D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattell Horn Carroll (CHC) theory; Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Emotional intelligence; Mayer salovey caruso emotional intelligence test (MSCEIT); Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897961088     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034755     Document Type: Article

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