Validity of the emotional intelligence scale for use in sport

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Lane, Andrew M ^a   Meyer, Barbara B ^b   Devonport, Tracey J ^a   Davies, Kevin A ^a   Thelwell, Richard ^c   Gill, Gobinder S ^a   Diehl, Caren D P ^a   Wilson, Mat ^a   Weston, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Measurement; Mood; Psychometric; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650078489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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