Review of studies on the psychometric properties of mayer–salovey–caruso emotional intelligence test
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The study reviewed notable reports on the psychometric properties of the Mayer-
Salover-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test [MSCEIT], with a focus on articles
published in open-access SCOPUS indexed journals. Out of the initial 43 promising
articles the search engine listed, only 8 met the inclusion criteria of offering useful
information on reliability and validity of the ability-prone emotional intelligence test. The
documentary research design was adopted. Qualitative analyses of the selected reports
revealed that though the MSCEIT tend to furnish some evidence of internal consistency
reliability cum construct and criterion validity over the years, it was still deficient in
content validity, based on some missing indispensable dimensions of emotional
intelligence. The content validity gap tends to put to question the authenticity of all the
reported indices of validity of the MSCEIT, especially if we follow the psychometric
principle that no psychological instrument can have acceptable construct and criterion
validities without a robust content validity, irrespective of the robustness of the statistical
treatment applied on the data thereof.
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BF Psychology, H Social Sciences (General)