Fiori Marina, Antonietti Jean-Philippe, Mikolajczak Moira, Luminet Olivier, Hansenne Michel, Rossier Jérôme
Department of Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
PLoS One. 2014 Jun 5;9(6):e98827. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098827. eCollection 2014.
The ability approach has been indicated as promising for advancing research in emotional intelligence (EI). However, there is scarcity of tests measuring EI as a form of intelligence. The Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, or MSCEIT, is among the few available and the most widespread measure of EI as an ability. This implies that conclusions about the value of EI as a meaningful construct and about its utility in predicting various outcomes mainly rely on the properties of this test. We tested whether individuals who have the highest probability of choosing the most correct response on any item of the test are also those who have the strongest EI ability. Results showed that this is not the case for most items: The answer indicated by experts as the most correct in several cases was not associated with the highest ability; furthermore, items appeared too easy to challenge individuals high in EI. Overall results suggest that the MSCEIT is best suited to discriminate persons at the low end of the trait. Results are discussed in light of applied and theoretical considerations.
能力方法已被证明有望推动情商（EI）研究。然而，作为一种智力形式来测量情商的测试却很匮乏。梅耶-萨洛维-卡鲁索情商测试（MSCEIT）是少数可用且最广泛使用的将情商作为一种能力的测量方法之一。这意味着关于情商作为一个有意义的概念的价值以及其在预测各种结果方面的效用的结论主要依赖于该测试的特性。我们测试了在测试的任何项目上选择最正确答案概率最高的个体是否也是那些情商能力最强的个体。结果表明，大多数项目并非如此：在某些情况下，专家指出的最正确答案与最高能力并无关联；此外，这些项目似乎过于简单，无法挑战高情商个体。总体结果表明，MSCEIT最适合区分该特质低端的人群。我们将根据应用和理论考量对结果进行讨论。
