The moderating effect of trait emotional intelligence on mood deterioration following laboratory-induced stress

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-477

  Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a   Petrides, Kostantinos V ^b   Coumans, Nathalie ^c   Luminet, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Incremental validity; Stress; TEIQue; Trait emotional self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249100523     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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