Age and emotion in adulthood

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 87-90

  Mroczek, Daniel K ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult development; Affect; Aging; Emotion; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373887     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00122     Document Type: Article

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