02212nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002500118653001800143653002100161653001800182100002800200700003100228700002200259700003000281245016000311300001200471490000700483520146400490022001401954020001401968       2013                            d  c06/2013bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aemotional perception10apsychometrics10atest reliability10aTest Validity1 aManuel Sánchez-García1 aNicolás Sánchez-Álvarez1 aNatalio Extremera1 aPablo Fernández-Berrocal00aEmotional perception evaluated with the Spanish Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: Analysis of the psychometric robustness in spanish sample  a161-1710 v193 aThis study examines the psychometric properties of the emotional perception branch of the Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test in a large sample of 2066 Spanish participants ( M = 42, SD = 07). The objectives were, on the one hand, to analyze the emotional perception branch scores by tasks and by age and sex, and, on the other hand, to examine the specific scores for each emotion within the different tasks by age and sex. Analyses revealed adequate internal consistency for the perception branch (α = 93) and for each task within the branch (α = 81 for Faces task and α = .90 for Pictures task). There were significant age and sex group differences, with older women scoring higher and younger men scoring lower in emotional perception. Significant differences were also found in several items from the Faces and Pictures tasks. This study provides empirical support for the internal consistency of the MSCEIT perception branch and raises theoretical implications by suggesting the existence of gender and age differences when using the MSCEIT. In addition, the emotional perception branch and its tasks show adequate reliability, which provides construct validity to Mayer and Salovey s ability model (1997). The need of extending this type of psychometric study involving the analysis of individual tasks to other branches of the MSCEIT is discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437