Improving emotional intelligence and emotional self-efficacy through a teaching intervention for university students

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-312

  Dacre Pool, Lorraine ^a   Qualter, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Emotional self efficacy; Employability; Teaching; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859879610     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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