Older age may offset genetic influence on affect: The COMT polymorphism and affective well-being across the life span

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 287-294

  Turan, Bulent ^a   Sims, Tamara ^b   Best, Sasha E ^c   Carstensen, Laura L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Aging; Catechol O methyltransferase polymorphism; Positivity effect; Socioemotional selectivity theory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMT GENE; DNA DETERMINATION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84964299963     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000085     Document Type: Article

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