The factor structure and psychometric properties of the spanish version of the mayer-salovey-caruso emotional intelligence test

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1404-1415

  Sanchez Garcia, Manuel ^a   Extremera, Natalio ^b   Fernandez Berrocal, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant validity; Emotional intelligence; Incremental validity; MSCEIT; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MODEL; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCINFO; SPANIARD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953911538     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000269     Document Type: Article

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