Age, stress, and emotional complexity: Results from two studies of daily experiences

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 577-587

  Scott, Stacey B ^a   Sliwinski, Martin J ^b   Mogle, Jacqueline A ^b   Almeida, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Co occurrence; Emotional complexity; Mixed emotions; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; NEGATIVE EMOTION; POSITIVE EMOTION; AFFECT; AGE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921813881     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037282     Document Type: Article

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