Scholastic Success: Fluid Intelligence, Personality, and Emotional Intelligence

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-53

  Downey, Luke A ^a,b   Lomas, Justine ^a   Billings, Clare ^a   Hansen, Karen ^a   Stough, Con ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotional intelligence; IQ; personality; scholastic success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898839251     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573513505411     Document Type: Article

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