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"Calm Down," "Cheer Up": How Age Influences the Way We Manage Emotion in Social Partners
Ruth E Jarman1, Tim D Windsor1
11065Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Research on Aging
|July 29, 2020
Summary
Older adults use fewer emotion regulation strategies when managing younger individuals
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Emotion regulation is crucial for social interactions.
- Extrinsic emotion regulation involves influencing others' emotions.
- Lifespan perspectives suggest age-related changes in social behavior.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how regulator age and target age affect extrinsic emotion regulation strategy choice.
- To examine age differences in the use of specific emotion regulation strategies.
Main Methods:
- Online questionnaire assessing extrinsic emotion regulation strategies.
- 580 participants (regulators) aged 18-87 years.
- Multi-level modeling analyzed strategy preferences with younger and older targets.
Main Results:
- Older regulators reported less use of situation modification compared to younger regulators.
- Regulators used attentional deployment and cognitive change less with older targets than younger targets.
- No significant age differences were found for other emotion regulation strategies.
Conclusions:
- Regulator age influences situation modification, with older adults using it less.
- Target age impacts strategy choice, with less use of attentional deployment and cognitive change for older targets.
- Findings align with lifespan theories of social behavior and emotion regulation.
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