Hi Cathy:
Although I think that ability models of EI are the way to go, the MSCEIT may not be measuring what it is purported to be measuring:
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.
For example, see:
Fiori, M., & Antonakis, J. (2011). The ability model of emotional intelligence: Searching for valid measures. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(3), 329-334.
Fiori, M., & Antonakis, J. (2012). Selective attention to emotional stimuli: What IQ and openness do, and emotional intelligence does not. Intelligence, 40(3), 245-254.
Unfortunately, many (if not most) of the studies having used the MSCEIT report confounded estimates because they fail to control for IQ and personality (with which the MSCEIT correlates), fail to correct for measurement error, and model the MSCEIT as a higher-order factor (predicting the four first-order factors) when in fact there is very little evidence for a higher-order factor.
There is clearly a lot of work to be done in this area.
Best,
J.
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On 07.04.2014 23:01, Hand, Catherine J. wrote: