A Behavioral Genetic Study of Trait Emotional Intelligence

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 635-642

  Vernon, Philip A ^a   Petrides, K V ^b   Bratko, Denis ^c   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

family studies; heritability; personality; TEIQue; trait emotional self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARACTER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849414826     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013439     Document Type: Article

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