Gender differences in emotional intelligence: The mediating effect of age

Behavioral Psychology/ Psicologia Conductual

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-89

  Fernández Berrocal, Pablo ^a   Cabello, Rosario ^a   Castillo, Ruth ^a   Extremera, Natalio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Emotional intelligence; Gender; MSCEIT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859224130     PISSN: 11329483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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