Fewer Ups and downs: Daily stressors mediate age differences in negative affect

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Charles, Susan Turk ^a   Luong, Gloria ^a   Almeida, David M ^b   Ryff, Carol ^c   Sturm, Maggie ^a   Love, Gayle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Daily stressors; Daily uplifts; Emotional experiences; Negative affect; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951241704     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq002     Document Type: Article

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