The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso emotional intelligence test: Psychometric properties of the Serbian version

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关键词: emotional intelligence (EI);    ability model of EI;    Mayer and Salovey model of EI;    MSCEIT;    psychometric properties;   

DOI  :  10.2298/PSI1004411A

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The field of emotional intelligence (EI) research has yielded two ratherdistinct ways of conceptualizing and measuring the construct, which alsodiffer greatly in terms of their scientific value: mixed models of EI,although commercially successful, prove inadequate when subject toscientific scrutiny; by contrast, the Mayer and Salovey ability model of EImeets most of the proposed criteria for establishing a scientificallymeaningful EI construct. Its current operationalization, the MSCEIT, hasthus far been found to exhibit good reliability, as well asconvergent-dicriminant and structural validity. The present study examinedthe psychometric properties of the Serbian version of the test in a sampleof 250 high school graduates. Our results show that the reliabilities ofSerbian MSCEIT scores are equivalent to those reported for the Americanstandardization sample; more specifically, reliability coefficients are highfor the two Area scores and the Total score (r≥ .86). The Total EI scoreshows low to moderate correlations with standard measures of academicintelligence (r=.244 - .429; p<.01), and very low correlations with theBig Five personality traits (r<.25) - a pattern that is regarded optimal inestablishing convergent-discriminant validity. The factor structure of theSerbian MSCEIT closely corresponds to that of the original test: thetheoretically proposed 1-, 2- and 4-factor solutions all prove empiricallysustainable; however, in the 2- and 4-factor solutions, the structure ofcertain EI branches diverges from that which is theoretically expected andincorporated in the scoring system. The obtained data certainly recommendthe Serbian MSCEIT for standardization and practical use, in which case theyshould be supplemented with data regarding the test’s predictive validity.On a more basic level, our results suggest the possibility of assessing ascientifically meaningful EI construct, defined as the ability to reasonwith „emotional“ information.

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