Relationships of personality, affect, emotional intelligence and coping with student stress and academic success: Different patterns of association for stress and success

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-257

  Saklofske, Donald H ^a   Austin, Elizabeth J ^b   Mastoras, Sarah M ^a   Beaton, Laura ^b   Osborne, Shona E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic success; Emotional intelligence; Personality; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857141256     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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