The dark triad and trait versus ability emotional intelligence: Emotional darkness differs between women and men

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 112-118

  Jauk, Emanuel ^a   Freudenthaler, H Harald ^a   Neubauer, Aljoscha C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ability emotional intelligence; Dark triad; Sex differences; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011715864     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000195     Document Type: Article

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