Age differences in strain and emotional reactivity to stressors in professional careers

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rauschenbach, Cornelia ^a   Hertel, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ageing workforce; emotional reactivity; job stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; WORKER; WORKLOAD; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954458680     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1335     Document Type: Article

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