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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation
Published on: August 26, 2011
Emotion regulation in older nursing home residents with and without depression and younger comparison samples
Laura Carlotta Nagel1, Adriane Q Cavallini2, Valentina A Tesky3
1Department of Clinical Psychology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
Objectives:
We aimed to increase the understanding of emotion regulation (ER) and depression in older residents.
Methods:
A sample of depressed and non-depressed nursing home residents (N = 164, Mage = 82.63) were compared to younger patients with depression (N = 163, Mage = 37.4) and a non-clinical student sample (N = 635, Mage = 23.82). The Affective Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and in the older adults, cognitive capacity, access to people, and a facet of mindfulness were assessed. With two MANCOVAs ER was compared between the depressed and non-depressed participants.
Results:
Depressed and non-depressed individuals differed significantly regrading Adjusting and Tolerating after controlling for age, with an interaction significant for Tolerating (p = .034). Access to people and monitoring of experience were significant predictors of ER in residents.
Conclusions:
Interventions that include ER for older patients in nursing homes as a possibility to reduce age related stereotypes are discussed.
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