The Experience of Anger and Sadness in Everyday Problems Impacts Age Differences in Emotion Regulation

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1547-1556

  Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^a   Coats, Abby Heckman ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion regulation; emotions; everyday problem solving; lifespan development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349159991     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013915     Document Type: Article

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