Daily stressors and memory failures in a naturalistic setting: Findings from the VA normative aging study

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 424-429

  Neupert, Shevaun D ^a   Almeida, David M ^b   Mroczek, Daniel K ^c   Spiro III, Avron ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily stressors; Interpersonal stressors; Memory failures; Normative Aging Study

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGING; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33747078148     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.424     Document Type: Article

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