Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 07, 2014
Last Modified: May 08, 2026 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements the Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SREIT) - also referred to as the the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scales (SEIS)/Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT)- as described in Schutte et al (1998).
Schutte, N.S., Malouff, J.M., Hall, L.E., Haggerty, D.J., Cooper, J.T., Golden, C.J., & Dornheim, L. (1998). Development and validation of a measure of emotional intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 25, 167-177.
Normed Data based on: Nicola S. Schutte , John M. Malouff , Chad Bobik , Tracie D. Coston , Cyndy Greeson , Christina Jedlicka , Emily Rhodes & Greta Wendorf (2001). Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Relations, The Journal of Social Psychology, 141:4, 523-536, DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600569
To link to this article: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224540109600569
3 minutes
Participants work on 33 likert-type self-report questions with 5 answer choices.
Response Options: 1 = "Strongly Disagree" 2 = "Disagree" 3 = "Neither Agree nor Disagree" 4 = "Agree" 5 = "Strongly Agree"
For reversed questions (5, 28, 33) the scoring is reversed.
File Name: sseit_summary*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| startDate | Date the session was run |
| startTime | Time the session was run |
| subjectId | Participant ID |
| groupId | Group number |
| sessionId | Session number |
| elapsedTime | Session duration in ms |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
| popMean | Weighted mean for Emotional Intelligence across 5 experiments (Schutte et al, 2001) used as estimate for population mean = 133.36 |
| popSD | Weighted standard deviation for Emotional Intelligence across 5 experiments (Schutte et al, 2001) used as estimate for population standard deviation = 12.83 |
| sseitTotalScore | The sum of all response scores higher scores indicate greater emotional intelligence |
| z | Z-score of totalscore (uses weighted mean/weighted standard deviation based on 5 studies reported by Schutte et al, 2001, as estimates for population mean and standard deviation) |
| percentile | Percentile rank based on z-score |
File Name: sseit.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject | Participant ID |
| group | Group number |
| session | Session number |
| build | Inquisit version number |
| q*_response | Response given (in assigned values) 1 = "Strongly\nDisagree" 2 = "Disagree" 3 = "Neither Agree nor Disagree" 4 = "Agree" 5 = "Strongly\nAgree" for reversed questions "R" (5, 28, 33): the scale automatically reverses |
| q*_latency | How much time the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited) |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| pageInstructions | The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage | "Please select the answers that apply best. " |
| popMean | Weighted mean for Emotional Intelligence across 5 experiments (Schutte et al, 2001) used as estimate for population mean = 133.36 | 133.36 |
| popSD | Weighted standard deviation for Emotional Intelligence across 5 experiments (Schutte et al, 2001) used as estimate for population standard deviation = 12.83 | 12.83 |