Age differences in emotional reactions to daily negative social encounters

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 557-566

  Birditt, Kira S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Daily diary; Emotion; Negative social interactions; old; Oldest; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY DIARY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; OLDEST-OLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WELL-BEING.;

AVOIDANCE; DAILY DIARY; EMOTION; NEGATIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; OLDEST-OLD; WELL-BEING.;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84902149335     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt045     Document Type: Article

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