Differences in emotional experience and emotion regulation as a function of age and psychiatric condition

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-487

  Cheavens, Jennifer S ^a   Zachary Rosenthal, M ^b   Banawan, Sammy F ^c   Lynch, Thomas R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Triangle Area Dialectical Behavior Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related benefits; Emotion regulation; Negative affectivity; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 51849110792     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802224284     Document Type: Article

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