Intraindividual Change and Variability in Daily Stress Processes: Findings From Two Measurement-Burst Diary Studies

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 828-840

  Sliwinski, Martin J ^a   Almeida, David M ^a   Stawski, Robert S ^a   Smyth, Joshua ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; emotion; health; longitudinal change; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOOD; NEUROSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149180051     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017925     Document Type: Article

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