Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test Msceit User`s Manual
6 Literature review - MSCEIT The MSCEIT (Mayer –Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test v.2.0) assesses EI on an ability-based scale, which measures how well one performs tasks and solves emotional problems. These skills develop as a function of age, maturity, and can be improved on or trained over a period of time. Developed by academics at Yale and the University of New Hampshire in cooperation with MHS, the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT™) evaluates Emotional Intelligence (EI) through a series of objective and impersonal questions. It tests the respondent's ability to perceive, use, understand, and regulate emotions.
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General Information on the Measure | |
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Purpose of the measure | The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) measures emotional intelligence through an individual's abilities to perceive, comprehend, act on, and manage emotional information. |
Main constructs measured | Intrapersonal competencies |
Applicable grade levels | Ages 17 to adult |
Publication year for the most recent version | 2003 |
Year originally developed | 2002 |
Related measures | |
Measure Administration | |
Respondent | Student |
Method of administration | Paper/Pencil, Digital |
Number of items | 141 |
Item format | Likert-type scale |
Administration time | Approximately 30-45 minutes |
Available languages | Over 20 languages, including German, English, Dutch, French, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish |
Fee for use | Fee charged by developer |
Credentials required for administration | Qualification Level B |
Scoring | |
Overall score reporting | An overall emotional intelligence score is reported. |
Subscore reporting | Several subscores are reported. These are organized hierarchically as area scores, branch scores, and individual task scores:
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Scoring procedures | MSCEIT is scored using a scoring service. |
Interpretive information | Scores are normed and scaled for comparison. |
Evidence of Technical Quality | |
Populations for which technical quality evidence has been collected | 2,112 adult respondents (18+) |
Reliability evidence | Overall score reliabilities (split half coefficients) reported to be greater than 0.90. The internal consistency reliability of the four branch scores ranged from 0.76 to 0.91 (Mayer, Salovey, Caruso & Sitarenios, 2003). Test-retest reliability for the overall score was reported as 0.86 (Brackett & Mayer, 2001). |
Validity evidence |
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Locating the Measure | |
Obtaining a copy of the measure | ecom.mhs.com |
References | |
Brackett, M., & Mayer, J. D. , 'Comparing measures of emotional intelligence,' Third Positive Psychology Summit, Washington, D.C. 2001. Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P., & Caruso, D. R. 'Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: MSCEIT,' Item booklet, MHS, 2002. Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P., & Caruso, D. R. 'Emotional intelligence: Theory, findings, and implication,' Psychological Inquiry, 15 (3), 2004, pp. 197–215. Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P., Caruso, D. R., & Sitarenios, G. , 'Measuring emotional intelligence with the MSCEIT V 2.0,' Emotion, 3 (1), 2003, pp. 97. | |
Notes |
Measure summary updated October 3, 2018.
Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test Msceit User`s Manual Test

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UNH Personality Lab
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Abstract
The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) User’s Manual (Mayer, Salovey & Caruso, 2002), published by MHS, provides a great deal of information about using the MSCEIT test. Since the publication of the MHS manual, additional issues have arisen within the test-user and research communities associated with the test. This brief technical document addresses two of those concerns.
This laboratory technical supplement covers two topics that arise regarding the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: how to calculate a split half reliability for the test, and how to develop and score the test using local norms (i.e., national or regional norms, or norms for special populations). The use of the split-half reliability estimate is important with the MSCEIT because our research indicates that coefficient alpha reliabilities underestimate the reliability of the test. An in-depth discussion of this issue will appear in a forthcoming set of papers in the journal Emotion. The development of national and specialized norms are important to interpreting test scores outside of general populations in North America, i.e., for translated versions of the scale and for English-language versions of the scale administered outside of North America, England, Australia, and South Africa (areas that are part of the original standardization sample.
Publication Date
7-30-2012
Document Type
Supplement
Recommended Citation
Mayer, John D., 'Laboratory Technical Supplement for the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)' (2012). UNH Personality Lab. 18.
https://scholars.unh.edu/personality_lab/18