Ability emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: Positive and negative affect as mediators

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 98-101

  Extremera, Natalio ^a   Rey, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affectivity; Emotional intelligence; Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977557309     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.051     Document Type: Article

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