What is the ability emotional intelligence test (MSCEIT) good for? An evaluation using item response theory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Fiori, Marina ^a   Antonietti, Jean Philippe ^a   Mikolajczak, Moira ^b   Luminet, Olivier ^b   Hansenne, Michel ^c   Rossier, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAYER SALOVEY CARUSO EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902440394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098827     Document Type: Article

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