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Mood, Stress and Wellbeing

Daily stressor forecasting and anticipatory coping: Within-Person processes in age differences in positive emotional reactivity

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Pages 2407-2415 | Received 08 Jun 2021, Accepted 17 Oct 2021, Published online: 12 Nov 2021

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