Perceived emotional intelligence and dispositional optimism-pessimism: Analyzing their role in predicting psychological adjustment among adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1069-1079

  Extremera, Natalio ^a   Durán, Auxiliadora ^a   Rey, Lourdes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b AMADPSI ^*

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dispositional optimism pessimism; Emotional intelligence; Life satisfaction; Perceived stress; Trait Meta Mood Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846500074     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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