The structure and health correlates of trait repetitive thought in older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-515

  Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a   Roach, Abbey R ^a   Evans, Daniel R ^a   Schipper, Lindsey J ^a   Darville, Audrey K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Health; Processing; Rumination; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REPETITIVE THOUGHT; RUMINATION; THINKING; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

EID: 77957263083     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019456     Document Type: Article

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