Relationships between Machiavellianism, emotional intelligence and theory of mind in children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-82

  Barlow, Alexandra ^a   Qualter, Pamela ^a   Stylianou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ability emotional intelligence; Children; Emotional intelligence; Machiavellianism; Theory of mind; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349785070     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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