Age-related differences and change in positive and negative affect over 23 years

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 136-151

  Charles, Susan Turk ^a   Reynolds, Chandra A ^b   Gatz, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880886953     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.1.136     Document Type: Article

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