Aging, emotion, and health-related decision strategies: Motivational manipulations can reduce age differences

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-136

  Löckenhoff, Corinna E ^a,b   Carstensen, Laura L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Health care decisions; Motivation; Positivity effect; Socioemotional selectivity theory; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMOTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; THEORY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33947703705     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.1.134     Document Type: Article

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