Age differences in poignancy: Cognitive reappraisal as a moderator

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-320

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Ersner Hershfield, Hal ^b   Fung, Helene H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age difference; Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation; Mixed emotions; Poignancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POIGNANCY; AGED; AGING; AWARENESS; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; HAPPINESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AWARENESS; CHINA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953967103     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019078     Document Type: Article

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