Factorial invariance and latent mean differences of scores on trait emotional intelligence across gender and age

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-173

  Tsaousis, Ioannis ^a   Kazi, Smaragda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age differences; Factorial invariance; Gender differences; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868553953     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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