Relating emotional abilities to social functioning: A comparison of self-report and performance measures of emotional intelligence

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 780-795

  Brackett, Marc A ^a   Rivers, Susan E ^a   Shiffman, Sara ^b   Lerner, Nicole ^a   Salovey, Peter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotional intelligence; Gender; MSCEIT; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750190607     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.4.780     Document Type: Article

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