Shyness and Subjective Well-being: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Social Support

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 891-900

  Zhao, Jingjing ^a,b   Kong, Feng ^c   Wang, Yonghui ^a,b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Shyness; Social support; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INDICATOR; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84886753128     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0178-6     Document Type: Article

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