The Situational Test of Emotion Management is an open-source, performance-based multiple choice test that measures how well one is able to manage their emotions. It was developed in combination with the Situational Test of Emotional Understanding. Both long and short forms are available, as well as an 11-item form appropriate for youth ages 11-15 and their parents called the STEM-Y.
Content
Emotion management
Administration Information
Access and Use
Burrus, J., Betancourt, A., Holtzman, S., Minsky, J., MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2012). Emotional intelligence relates to well‐being: Evidence from the Situational Judgment Test of Emotional Management. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 4(2), 151-166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-0854.2012.01066.x
Ferguson, F. J., & Austin, E. J. (2010). Associations of trait and ability emotional intelligence with performance on theory of mind tasks in an adult sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(5), 414-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.009
MacCann, C., Wang, L., Matthews, G., & Roberts, R. D. (2010). Emotional intelligence and the eye of the beholder: Comparing self-and parent-rated situational judgments in adolescents. Journal of Research in Personality, 44(5), 673-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2010.08.009
MacCann, C., Fogarty, G. J., Zeidner, M., & Roberts, R. D. (2011). Coping mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 36(1), 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.11.002
Psychometrics
Allen, V. D., Rahman, N., Weissman, A., MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2014). The Situational Test of Emotional Management – Brief (STEM-B): Development and validation using item response theory and latent class analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 81, 195-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.053
Ferguson, F. J., & Austin, E. J. (2011). The factor structures of the STEM and the STEU. Personality and Individual Differences, 51(6), 791-794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.07.002
Libbrecht, N., & Lievens, F. (2012). Validity evidence for the situational judgment test paradigm in emotional intelligence measurement. International Journal of Psychology, 47(6), 438-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2012.682063
MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2008). New paradigms for assessing emotional intelligence: Theory and data. Emotion, 8(4), 540. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012746