Emotional intelligence and personality traits as predictors of psychological well-being in Spanish undergraduates

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 783-794

  Landa, Jose M Augusto ^a   Martos, Manuel Pulido ^a   López Zafra, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Personality traits; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954551934     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.6.783     Document Type: Article

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