Emotional intelligence and student retention: Predicting the successful transition from high school to university

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1329-1336

  Parker, James D A ^a   Hogan, Marjorie J ^b   Eastabrook, Jennifer M ^a   Oke, Amber ^a   Wood, Laura M ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic retention; Academic success; Emotional intelligence; School transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748432683     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.022     Document Type: Article

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