Comparison of alexithymia and emotional intelligence in gifted and non-gifted high school students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 753-756

  Karimi, Masoumeh ^a   Besharat, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotional intelligence; General intelligence; Gifted student; High school

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549247425     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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