Daily emotional stress reactivity in emerging adulthood: temporal stability and its predictors

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 121-132

  Howland, Maryhope ^a   Armeli, Stephen ^b   Feinn, Richard ^c   Tennen, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New York   (United States)

Author keywords

emerging adulthood; emotion; longitudinal change; Stress; stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TIME; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84989229135     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2016.1228904     Document Type: Article

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