The ability model of emotional intelligence: Searching for valid measures

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Title
The ability model of emotional intelligence: Searching for valid measures
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences
Author(s)
Fiori M., Antonakis J.
ISSN
0191-8869
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
50
Number
3
Pages
329-334
Language
english
Abstract
Current measures of ability emotional intelligence (EI)--including the well-known Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)--suffer from several limitations, including low discriminant validity and questionable construct and incremental validity. We show that the MSCEIT is largely predicted by personality dimensions, general intelligence, and demographics having multiple R's with the MSCEIT branches up to .66; for the general EI factor this relation was even stronger (Multiple R = .76). As concerns the factor structure of the MSCEIT, we found support for four first-order factors, which had differential relations with personality, but no support for a higher-order global EI factor. We discuss implications for employing the MSCEIT, including (a) using the single branches scores rather than the total score, (b) always controlling for personality and general intelligence to ensure unbiased parameter estimates in the EI factors, and (c) correcting for measurement error. Failure to account for these methodological aspects may severely compromise predictive validity testing. We also discuss avenues for the improvement of ability-based tests.
Keywords
emotional intelligence, MSCEIT, ability, general intelligence, personality, measurement error, psychometrics, validity.
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