Fluid cognitive ability is associated with greater exposure and smaller reactions to daily stressors

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-342

  Stawski, Robert S ^a   Almeida, David M ^a   Lachman, Margie E ^b   Tun, Patricia A ^b   Rosnick, Christopher B ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily stress; Fluid cognitive ability; Positive and negative mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FLUID COGNITIVE ABILITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; STRESS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AGED; APTITUDE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; APTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953985636     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018246     Document Type: Article

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