Does Mood State Change Risk Taking Tendency in Older Adults?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 310-318

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a   Lee, Tatia M C ^b,c   Ho, Andy H Y ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c People's Republic of China   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

aging; positive and negative mood induction; risk taking tendency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD CHANGE; MOTIVATION; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 34548382172     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.2.310     Document Type: Article

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