Negative aging attitudes predict greater reactivity to daily stressors in older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1155-1159

  Bellingtier, Jennifer A ^a   Neupert, Shevaun D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Aging attitudes; Daily stressors; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85062771675     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw086     Document Type: Article

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