Intraindividual variability and stability of affect and well-being

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-199

  Röcke, Christina ^a   Brose, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

affect variability; aging; emotion regulation; intraindividual variability; stability; stabilization; well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFFECT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORY; WELLBEING;

EID: 84883236500     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000094     Document Type: Article

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