Specificity of age differences in emotion regulation

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 818-826

  Orgeta, Vasiliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Emotion dysregulation; Emotion regulation strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF DISCLOSURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449417637     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860902989661     Document Type: Article

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