Emotional intelligence: Part 1: The development of scales and psychometric testing

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Akerjordet, Kristin ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Psychometric testing; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHAME;

EID: 62749184331     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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