A confirmatory factor analysis of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in a sample of international college students

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 173-185

  Ng, Kok Mun ^a   Wang, Chuang ^a   Zalaquett, Carlos P ^a   Bodenhorn, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Emotional intelligence; Factor analysis; International college students

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448972381     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10447-007-9037-6     Document Type: Article

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