Emotional intelligence as a moderator of stressor-mental health relations in adolescence: Evidence for specificity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-105

  Davis, Sarah K ^a   Humphrey, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Depression; Disruptive behaviour; Emotional intelligence; Mental health; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455188377     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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