Emotional intelligence as a predictor of academic performance in first-year accelerated graduate entry nursing students

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 3485-3492

  Fernandez, Ritin ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^b   Griffiths, Rhonda ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Learning strategies; Nursing students; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84869022483     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04199.x     Document Type: Article

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