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Age differences in reactivity to daily stressors
— the role of personal control | | Author(s) | Shevaun D Neupert, David M Almeida, Susan Turk Charles |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 4, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp P216-P225 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Stress ; Emotions ; Attitude ; Middle aged ; Young elderly ; Over 70s ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Age and perceived control belief differences in physical and emotional reactivity to adult stressors were examined in four domains: interpersonal, work, network, and home. The authors combined data from the US National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE) and the Midlife in the United States Survey (MIDUS), resulting in 1031 participants who reported on 7239 days. Findings from multilevel models suggest that age and control beliefs play an important role in a person's reactivity to interpersonal, network, and work stressors. Specifically, older age and lower perceived constraints were each related to lower emotional and physical reactivity to interpersonal stressors. High mastery buffered the physical effects of work stressors for younger and older adults, and high mastery was important for middle-aged adults' emotional reactivity to network stressors. High constraint was associated with the strongest physical reactivity to network stressors for younger and older adults. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080305214 A |
| Classmark | QNH: DL: DP: SE: BBA: BBK: 48: 7T |
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