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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation
Published on: August 26, 2011
Emotional complexity in younger, midlife, and older adults
Rebecca E Ready1, Janessa O Carvalho, Mark I Weinberger
1Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. ready@psych.umass.edu
Abstract:
Questions pertaining to emotional complexity in adult development are being pursued from a number of vantage points. The current studies sought to clarify the study of emotional complexity by comparing and contrasting 2 dominant perspectives on emotional complexity in different age groups (i.e., covariation and absolute-level approaches). Results indicate that emotional complexity is a multifaceted construct and that methodology will impact substantive findings and developmental trends that emerge from the data. Recommendations and considerations for future research are discussed, including, for example, within- versus cross-domain ideas of emotional complexity.
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