Life contexts make a difference: Emotional stability in younger and older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-159

  Brose, Annette ^a   Scheibe, Susanne ^b   Schmiedek, Florian ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect variability; Affective reactivity; Aging; Context; Emotional development; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881243230     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030047     Document Type: Article

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