Correspondence between retrospective and momentary ratings of positive and negative affect in old age: Findings from a one-year measurement burst design

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-415

  Röcke, Christina ^a   Hoppmann, Christiane A ^b   Klumb, Petra L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotional memory bias; Intraindividual variability; Measurement burst; Old age; Well being

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BERLIN; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052610682     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr024     Document Type: Article

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