Regret Intensity, Diurnal Cortisol Secretion, and Physical Health in Older Individuals: Evidence for Directional Effects and Protective Factors

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-330

  Wrosch, Carsten ^a   Bauer, Isabelle ^a   Miller, Gregory E ^b   Lupien, Sonia ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; cortisol; physical health; regret; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; SENESCENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WRITING;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; WRITING;

EID: 34548388908     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.2.319     Document Type: Article

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