Emotional development across adulthood: Differential age-related emotional reactivity and emotion regulation in a negative mood induction procedure

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-244

  Kliegel, Matthias ^a   Jäger, Theodor ^b   Phillips, Louise H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; WAKEFULNESS; AFFECT; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34250648073     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/U48Q-0063-3318-1175     Document Type: Article

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