Although many instruments have been developed, the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) continues to be the most widely used assessment test for l emotional ability (Cardoso, Ellenbogen, & Linnen, 2014). Roberts et al. (2006), wanted to reevaluate the validity of the MSCEIT compared to other research measures of emotions and intelligence. 138 participants completed a biographical questionnaire, the MSCEIT, the Vocal Emotion Recognition Index (Vocal-I), the Japanese and Caucasian Brief Affect Recognition Test (JACBART), as well as vocabulary, letter and number sequencing, and WAIS-III matrix reasoning to determine relationships between measures. The results found that the MSCEIT correlated with other measures of intelligence, meeting an important criterion for demonstrating the capacity for emotional intelligence as a form of intelligence (Roberts, Schulze, O'Brien, MacCann, Reid, & Maul, 2006). The study also confirmed the distinction between the two components of the MSCEIT, the experiential and strategic sections of emotional intelligence that populate the four branches of the model. This study suggests the validity and promotes the use of the MSCEIT in determining emotion recognition and emotional intelligence as skills (Roberts, et al..,
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