The Ability To Regulate Emotion Is Associated With Greater Well-Being, Income, and Socioeconomic Status

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 923-933

  Côté, Stéphane ^a   Gyurak, Anett ^b   Levenson, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Emotional intelligence; Income; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WELLBEING;

EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650706134     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021156     Document Type: Article

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