Emotional intelligence predicts components of subjective well-being beyond personality: A two-country study using self- and informant reports

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-118

  Koydemir, Selda ^a   Schütz, Astrid ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

culture; emotional intelligence; Germany; informant reports; personality; subjective well being; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859501573     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2011.647050     Document Type: Article

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