Emotional complexity and emotional well-being in older adults: Risks of high neuroticism

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Ready, Rebecca E ^a   Åkerstedt, Anna M ^a   Mroczek, Daniel K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; emotional complexity; emotional well being; MIDUS; negative affect; neuroticism; older adults; positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84855973877     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.602961     Document Type: Article

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