Mindful attention and awareness mediate the association between age and negative affect

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-188

  Raes, An K ^a,b   Bruyneel, Lynn ^a   Loeys, Tom ^a   Moerkerke, Beatrijs ^a   De Raedt, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Mindfulness; Negative affect; Personality; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924412028     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt074     Document Type: Article

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