Normal Aging Dampens the Link Between Intrusive Thoughts and Negative Affect in Reaction to Daily Stressors

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 488-502

  Brose, Annette ^a   Schmiedek, Florian ^a,b   Lövdén, Martin ^a,c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Daily stress; Intraindividual variability; Intrusive thoughts; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; THINKING; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959315568     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022287     Document Type: Article

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