The Role of Stressful Events in the Relationship between Positive and Negative Affects: Evidence from Field and Experimental Studies

Journal of Personality

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 927-951

  Zautra, Alex J ^a   Reich, John W ^a   Davis, Mary C ^a   Potter, Phillip T ^a   Nicolson, Nancy A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 0034302340     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00121     Document Type: Article

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