Neuroticism Moderates the Daily Relation Between Stressors and Memory Failures

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-296

  Neupert, Shevaun D ^a   Mroczek, Daniel K ^b   Spiro III, Avron ^c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

daily stressors; interpersonal stressors; intraindividual variability; memory failures; neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 46849122864     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.287     Document Type: Article

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