Stressor diversity: Introduction and empirical integration into the daily stress model

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 301-320

  Koffer, Rachel E ^a   Ram, Nilam ^a   Conroy, David E ^a,b   Pincus, Aaron L ^a   Almeida, David M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily stress; Entropy; Longitudinal analysis; Negative affect; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; ENTROPY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973519304     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000095     Document Type: Article

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