MSCEIT: YRV™

Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: YRV Researcher's Guide

John D. Mayer, Ph.D. , Peter Salovey, Ph.D., David R. Caruso, Ph.D.

Assess emotional intelligence (EI) in youth ages 10 to 18 years


MSCEIT: YRV™

Overview

Overview

The MSCEIT-YRV is designed to assess emotional intelligence among pre-adolescents and adolescents. Specifically, it measures the capacity to reason using feelings and to enhance thought with feelings. In contrast to a self-report of one's emotional skills, the MSCEIT-YRV is a performance-based scale that measures how well a youth performs tasks and solves emotional problems. As a performance-based scale, the MSCEIT-YRV provides measurable results that can be used to predict various outcomes.

  • An objective assessment of EI, that uses cutting edge veridical scoring
  • Easy to use scoring and administration for automatic and immediate results
  • Decrease method bias in respondents' scores by utilizing a variety of tasks to assess EI
  • Results you can trust with a normative sample of 1000 youth spread across different age groups

    Key Areas Measured


    Key Areas Measured

    • Perceiving Emotions
    • Facilitating Thought
    • Understanding Emotions
    • Managing Emotions

    Quick Reference

    Age

    Age

    10 to 18

    Administration Type

    Administration Type

    Self

    Administration Time

    Administration Time

    20 to 45 Minutes

    Number of Items

    Number of Items

    101

    Qualification Level

    Qualification Level

    B

    Format(s)

    Format(s)

    Paper Administration

    Quick Reference

    Age

    Age

    10 to 18

    Administration Type

    Administration Type

    Self

    Administration Time

    Administration Time

    20 to 45 Minutes

    Number of Items

    Number of Items

    101

    Qualification Level

    Qualification Level

    B

    Format(s)

    Format(s)

    Paper Administration

    Reliability and Validity

    Reliability and Validity

    Normative Data

    Normative Data

    Validity and Reliability

    Internal consistency and test-retest analyses were conducted to establish the reliability of the MSCEIT-YRV. The validity of the MSCEIT-YRV is demonstrated not only by its unique test content and response process, but also by its ability to differentiate between clinical groups and show expected relationships (correlations) between test components.

    The MSCEIT YRV normative sample includes 1000 youth between 10 to 18 years (500 males, 500 females). The data were collected from all four U.S. Census regions as well as Canada (3.5% of sample). The majority of the normative sample is White (58.5%) and the other races/ethnicities represented by the normative sample include Asian (13.9%), Black (7.9%), Hispanic/Latino (9.4%), and Native/Multiracial/Other (10.3%). Information regarding parental education was also gathered, with 28.2% reporting a high school education or less, 26.3% college, and 45.6% reporting university or higher levels of education.

    Ordering

    Ordering

    MSCEIT:YRV™ is available through permissions in pencil-and-paper format with a Microsoft Excel scoring solution. For more information, please contact [email protected].