The MSCEIT tests the respondent's ability to perceive, use, understand, and regulate emotions. Using every-day life scenarios, the MSCEIT assesses how well an individual can react to and solve emotional problems as well as solve tasks. It was designed for use in corporate, educational, research, and therapeutic settings. Rather than a subjective assessment of one's own emotional intelligence, the MSCEIT uses a performance-based approach. There are many subscores reported in addition to total emotional intelligence (EIQ). These include two area scores for experiential EIQ and strategic EIQ. There are also branch scores of perceiving emotions, managing emotions, using emotions, and understanding emotions.
Content
Emotion Regulation
Administration Information
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Access and Use
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Lanciano, T., & Curci, A. (2015). Does emotions communication ability affect psychological well-being? A study with the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) v2. 0. Health Communication, 30(11), 1112-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2014.921753
Psychometrics
Brannick, M. T., Wahi, M. M., & Goldin, S. B. (2011). Psychometrics of Mayer-Salovey-Caruso emotional intelligence test (MSCEIT) scores. Psychological Reports, 109(1), 327-337. https://doi.org/10.2466/03.04.PR0.109.4.327-337
Fiori, M., Antonietti, J. P., Mikolajczak, M., Luminet, O., Hansenne, M., & Rossier, J. (2014). What is the ability emotional intelligence test (MSCEIT) good for? An evaluation using item response theory. PloS one, 9(6), e98827. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098827
Maul, A. (2012). The validity of the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) as a measure of emotional intelligence. Emotion Review, 4(4), 394-402. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912445811
Rossen, E., Kranzler, J. H., & Algina, J. (2008). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso emotional intelligence test V 2.0 (MSCEIT). Personality and Individual Differences, 44(5), 1258-1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.020