TY - JOUR
KW - emotional perception
KW - psychometrics
KW - test reliability
KW - Test Validity
AU - Manuel Sánchez-García
AU - Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez
AU - Natalio Extremera
AU - Pablo Fernández-Berrocal
AB - This 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)
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - This 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)
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2013
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 161
EP - 171
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Emotional perception evaluated with the Spanish Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: Analysis of the psychometric robustness in spanish sample
VL - 19
ER -