Basal salivary oxytocin level predicts extra- but not intra-personal dimensions of emotional intelligence

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-29

  Koven, Nancy S ^a   Max, Laura K ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Emotional states; Mayer salovey caruso emotional intelligence test; Oxytocin; Peripheral biomarker

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAYER SALOVEY CARUSO EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEST; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TRAIT META MOOD SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHEMISTRY; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PERSONALITY; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899495172     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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