Genetic and Environmental Effects on Daily Life Stressors: More Evidence for Greater Variation in Later Life

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Charles, Susan Turk ^a   Almeida, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; perceived severity; stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MALE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; AROUSAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34548420664     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.2.331     Document Type: Article

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