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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation
Published on: August 26, 2011
[Emotional experience and emotion regulation - How older patients with mental illness differ from healthy older and
1Gerontopsychotherapie, Institut für Alterspsychotherapie und angewandte Gerontologie, Marburg.
Abstract:
Emotional experience and emotion regulation are one of the focal points of gerontological research. However, the clinical significance of these issues in older people has been little investigated.
Methods:
In the present study, a clinical group of elderly patients (>60 years of age) was assessed with the Emotion Experience and Regulation (EER) questionnaire and compared with a middle-aged clinical sample (40-60 years) and a healthy sample of older subjects (>60 years).
Results:
The results confirm that clinically conspicuous older people hardly differ from younger patients in passive-negative emotions, but do differ in active-negative emotions, which are similarly low in older patients as in healthy older people. Older patients are less successful at maximising positive emotions.
Conclusion:
In therapy, a special focus should be placed on reducing passive-negative and generating positive emotions.
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