The interaction between emotional intelligence and cognitive ability in predicting scholastic performance in school-aged children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 660-665

  Agnoli, Sergio ^a   Mancini, Giacomo ^a   Pozzoli, Tiziana ^b   Baldaro, Bruno ^a   Russo, Paolo Maria ^a   Surcinelli, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive ability; Emotion recognition ability; Scholastic performance; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863782131     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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