Age Differences in Anxious Responding: Older and Calmer, Unless the Trigger Is Physical

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 703-714

  Teachman, Bethany A ^a   Gordon, Tynessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; anxiety; older; physical arousal; threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349290942     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016813     Document Type: Article

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