Emotion regulation in older age

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 352-357

  Urry, Heather L ^a   Gross, James J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; compensation; emotion regulation; optimization; selection; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650412186     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410388395     Document Type: Article

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