ARTICLES

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  Links to articles: you can access the full text of 3 of these articles!

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• Emotional Intelligence: New ability or eclectic traits?

  https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2008-12151-001

  The Ability Model of EI: Principles and updates

  https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-49563-002

  EI Ability Measures:

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886923003914

  Overview of EI and Other Constructs:

  https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-05658-001.html

  MSCEIT 2 5-Study Article: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1539785/full

 

 

MSCEIT 2 for RESEARCH

 

• We get a lot of requests from researchers about using the MSCEIT 2. Below is what you need to know.  

• Probably the first thing to know is that the authors of MSCEIT 2 do own the rights. In fact, when I use MSCEIT 2 for my applied work I have to buy it. The MSCEIT 2 and its different versions are owned and published by Multi-Health Systems, MHS, of Toronto Canada.

• The MSCEIT 2 is a 94-item ability-based measure of emotional intelligence assessing four domains: perceiving, connecting, understanding and managing emotions (see, for example, Mayer & Salovey, 1997; Mayer, Caruso & Salovey, 2016).  It is available online only. (The original version of MSCEIT is no longer available.)  

• Each on-line MSCEIT 2 report costs 72 USD. (Please note that these prices change periodically.)  However, MHS offers researchers access to “scored datasets,” an Excel file with all scores for a very reduced fee per participant. Please note that MHS does not release a scoring key for the MSCEIT. To obtain the MSCEIT 2 please contact MHS at customerservice@mhs.com or 800-456-3003.

• Features of MSCEIT 2 that researchers may find of particular interest are:

  • 5 attention check items built into the assessment

  • the ability to assess all or some of the 4 domains

  • A single, self-report item at the end (I did worse than average, the same, better)