Social support mediates the impact of emotional intelligence on mental distress and life satisfaction in Chinese young adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 513-517

  Kong, Feng ^a   Zhao, Jingjing ^b   You, Xuqun ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Life satisfaction; Mental distress; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862335554     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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