Attenuating the negative impact of unemployment: The interactive effects of perceived emotional intelligence and well-being on suicide risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Extremera, Natalio ^a   Rey, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIVORCED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBJECTIVE HAPPINESS SCALE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOURS QUESTIONAIRE REVISED; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 84991624724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163656     Document Type: Article

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