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Emotional and social intelligence

Situational Test of Emotion Management.

STEM

What it measures
Ability EI - emotion management/regulation (selecting the most effective way to manage anger, sadness, fear, disgust in self/others)
Length and format
44 vignettes (full); STEM-B brief = 18 items. situational judgment (multiple-choice; or rate-effectiveness 5-pt format); scored vs expert/consensus key (situational judgment test)
Language versions
Adapted into several languages (e.g. German, Spanish, Slovak, Chinese research versions); used internationally in EI research
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2008). New paradigms for assessing emotional intelligence: Theory and data. Emotion, 8(4), 540-551. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18729584/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18729584/

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