Emotional intelligence and life satisfaction in Chinese university students: The mediating role of self-esteem and social support

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1039-1043

  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; Self esteem; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866315212     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.07.032     Document Type: Article

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