Emotional intelligence: Its relationship to stress, coping, well-being and professional performance in nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 855-860

  Por, Jitna ^a   Barriball, Louise ^a   Fitzpatrick, Joanne ^a   Roberts, Julia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotional intelligence; Nursing students; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052117366     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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