Facing the music or burying our heads in the sand?: Adaptive emotion regulation in midlife and late life

Research in Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-306

  Waldinger, Robert J ^a   Schulz, Marc S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79960546263     PISSN: 15427609     EISSN: 15427617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2010.526527     Document Type: Article

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