Trait emotional intelligence and the cognitive appraisal of stressful events: An exploratory study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1445-1453

  Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a,b   Luminet, Olivier ^a,b  

^a FNRS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Challenge; Self efficacy; Stress; Threat; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649124723     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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