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<strong>MEIA</strong><br />
<strong>Multidimensional</strong> <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
Robert P. Tett, Ph.D., Alvin Wang, Ph.D., & Kevin E. Fox, Ph.D. © 2006<br />
Next-generation <strong>Assessment</strong> of Trait-based <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong>
Overview<br />
• About SIGMA <strong>Assessment</strong> Systems, Inc.<br />
• About the Authors<br />
• Defining <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong><br />
• Quick Facts<br />
• Applications<br />
• Distinguishing Features<br />
• <strong>MEIA</strong> Dimensions<br />
• Sample Report<br />
• Norms<br />
• Reliability<br />
• Validity<br />
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About SIGMA <strong>Assessment</strong> Systems, Inc.<br />
• Established in 1967<br />
– Founded by Douglas N. Jackson, Ph.D.<br />
– Founding member of the Association of Test Publishers.<br />
• International reputation for excellence<br />
– SIGMA’s cognitive ability measure, the MAB-II, was used in the selection of<br />
NASA astronauts, and US Air Force Pilots.<br />
– SIGMA's assessments have been translated into over a dozen languages, and<br />
SIGMA licenses its Intellectual Property to test publishers throughout the<br />
world.<br />
– The Career Direction Inventory, an assessment developed by SIGMA, is one of<br />
the most widely used career assessments on the Internet.<br />
– SIGMA successfully implemented a large-scale global rollout of 360 Degree<br />
Feedback to over 35,000 employees of DaimlerChrysler.<br />
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American Airlines, Shred-It, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, US Army, British Airways,<br />
and many more.<br />
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About the <strong>MEIA</strong> Authors<br />
Dr. Robert P.Tett:<br />
• Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tulsa.<br />
• Published extensively in peer-reviewed academic journals.<br />
• Research interests include <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong>, managerial performance, and<br />
how personality traits interact with the work environment to predict job<br />
performance.<br />
Dr. Alvin Wang:<br />
• Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Central Florida<br />
(UCF) and Dean of UCF’s Burnett Honors College.<br />
• Vice President for Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology.<br />
• Research interests include <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong>, sources of individual differences<br />
in learning and retention, and characteristics of successful web-based students.<br />
Dr. Kevin E. Fox:<br />
• Assistant Professor and chair of the Human and Organizational Development<br />
degree program at Loyola University New Orleans’ City College<br />
• Research interests include the areas of <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong>, job attitudes, and<br />
emotions in the workplace.<br />
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What is <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong> (EI)?<br />
• We define EI as:<br />
• A trait-like quality that describes the capacity and<br />
willingness to perceive, understand, regulate and<br />
express emotions in the self and others.<br />
• EI is a natural combination of ability (capacity)<br />
and personality (willingness).<br />
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EI as a Combination of Ability &<br />
Personality Domains<br />
Ability/Skill Personality<br />
Right/wrong answers<br />
More is always better<br />
Capacity<br />
“Can do”<br />
Non-motivational<br />
Cognitive<br />
Trainable<br />
<strong>Emotional</strong><br />
<strong>Intelligence</strong><br />
Outcomes<br />
Academic Achievement<br />
Marital Success<br />
Life Satisfaction<br />
Self Esteem<br />
Self-report descriptions<br />
Value depends on context<br />
Willingness<br />
“Will do”<br />
Motivational<br />
Non-cognitive<br />
Stable<br />
Job performance<br />
Parental Success<br />
Job satisfaction<br />
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<strong>MEIA</strong> Quick Facts<br />
• Only trait-based, self-report measure of EI with distinct<br />
coverage of all 10 dispositional facets in Salovey and<br />
Mayer’s (1990) influential EI model.<br />
• 150 Items<br />
• Administration time: 20 minutes<br />
• Age: 16 and over<br />
• Reading level: Grade 6<br />
• Qualifications: Level B<br />
• Scoring: Administered and scored online via<br />
<strong>Sigma</strong>Testing.com available 24/7<br />
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<strong>MEIA</strong> Applications<br />
• Any application where a<br />
comprehensive, trait-based<br />
measure of EI is needed,<br />
including<br />
– Research on EI<br />
– Guidance and career<br />
counseling<br />
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Distinguishing Features of the <strong>MEIA</strong><br />
• Constructed to address important shortcomings of<br />
other EI measures:<br />
– Distinct coverage of all 10 facets of Salovey & Mayer’s (1990)<br />
influential EI model.<br />
– Minimized susceptibility to socially desirable responding and<br />
acquiescence response bias.<br />
– Infrequency scale to detect non-purposeful (invalid)<br />
responding.<br />
– Documented content, structural, and incremental validity.<br />
– Workplace version available – <strong>MEIA</strong>-Workplace with norms<br />
based on over 600 working adults.<br />
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<strong>MEIA</strong> Dimensions<br />
Core EI Facets<br />
• Recognition of Emotion<br />
in the Self<br />
• Regulation of Emotion in<br />
the Self<br />
• Recognition of Emotion<br />
in Others<br />
• Regulation of Emotion in<br />
Others<br />
• Nonverbal <strong>Emotional</strong><br />
Expression<br />
• Empathy<br />
Proximal EI<br />
Outcomes<br />
• Intuition vs. Reason<br />
• Creative Thinking<br />
• Mood Redirected<br />
Attention<br />
• Motivating Emotions<br />
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<strong>MEIA</strong> Sample Report<br />
• Report includes:<br />
– Scores on the 10<br />
primary scales grouped<br />
into core EI facets and<br />
proximal EI outcomes.<br />
– Descriptions of high<br />
and low scores for each<br />
scale.<br />
– Administrative Indices.<br />
• Missing responses<br />
• Infrequency score<br />
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Norms of the <strong>MEIA</strong><br />
• Norms:<br />
– Sample of 332 American College students,<br />
representing a wide range of academic and career<br />
interests.<br />
– Additional normative data is being added monthly.<br />
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Reliability of the <strong>MEIA</strong><br />
• Reliability:<br />
– Internal consistency reliabilities (alpha) for the 10<br />
<strong>MEIA</strong> scales range from .75 to .85.<br />
– Test-retest coefficients, based on a 4 to 6 week<br />
interval ranged from .67 to .88, indicating stability in<br />
test scores over time.<br />
– Intercorrelations among the scales of the <strong>MEIA</strong> are<br />
generally weak to moderate in strength suggesting<br />
that each scale captures a relatively unique aspect of<br />
EI.<br />
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Validity of the <strong>MEIA</strong><br />
• Content Validity<br />
– Each item was judged by independent experts to be<br />
representative of its targeted scale.<br />
– Items on each scale correlate more strongly with all<br />
other items on the targeted scale than the total scores<br />
on any other scale, including Social Desirability.<br />
• Convergent Validity<br />
– EI scale scores correlated meaningfully with relevant<br />
personality scale scores.<br />
• Discriminant Validity<br />
– EI scale scores are uncorrelated with theoretically<br />
unrelated personality scale scores.<br />
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‘The <strong>MEIA</strong> is a next-generation<br />
assessment of <strong>Emotional</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong><br />
(EI) with several valuable and unique<br />
qualities that distinguish it from more<br />
traditional trait-based EI measures’<br />
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