Emotional intelligence: Review of research and educational implications

Pastoral Care in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Qualter, Pamela ^a   Gardner, Kathryn J ^a   Whiteley, Helen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Emotional intelligence; Schools; Socio emotional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249749872     PISSN: 02643944     EISSN: 14680122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0122.2007.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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