Trait emotional intelligence and somatic complaints with reference to positive and negative mood

Psihologija

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-15

  Andrei, Federica ^a,b   Petrides, K V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incremental validity; Mood; PANAS; TEIQue; Trait emotional self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877014949     PISSN: 00485705     EISSN: 14519283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/PSI1301005A     Document Type: Article

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