Convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity of competing measures of emotional intelligence.
This study investigated the convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity of one ability test of emotional intelligence (EI)--the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso-Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)--and two self-report measures of EI--the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) and the self-report EI test (SREIT). The MSCEIT showed minimal relations to the EQ-i and SREIT, whereas the latter two measures were moderately interrelated. Among EI measures, the MSCEIT was discriminable from well-studied personality and well-being measures, whereas the EQ-i and SREIT shared considerable variance with these measures. After personality and verbal intelligence were held constant, the MSCEIT was predictive of social deviance, the EQ-i was predictive of alcohol use, and the SREIT was inversely related to academic achievement. In general, results showed that ability EI and self-report EI are weakly related and yield different measurements of the same person.
Brackett
Marc A
MA
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. marc.brackett@yale.edu
Mayer
John D
JD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires