Two commercially available survey instruments were administered. One instrument was the Mayer
Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) (Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso, 2002). The MSCEIT
is based on the work of Mayer, Salovey and Caruso (2002) and presents the most recent revision of the
original instrument, the MEIS and is the only version that is available for professional use. This is a new
instrument, with few studies testing its reported validity and reliability metrics