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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Emotion regulation (ER) is crucial for well-being.
  • Laboratory and daily life assessments of ER success yield different insights.
  • The relationship between lab-based and real-world ER success is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between laboratory-assessed and daily life emotion regulation (ER) success.
  • To examine how contextual features (pro-hedonic motives) and individual characteristics (age, cognitive status) moderate this association.
  • To explore the impact of ER motivation on daily ER success.

Main Methods:

  • 211 adults (younger, cognitively normal older, and mild cognitive impairment older adults) participated.
  • Participants completed a lab-based ER paradigm and a 9-day experience sampling of daily ER.
  • Statistical analyses examined correlations and moderation effects.

Main Results:

  • Laboratory ER success showed minimal association with daily life ER success.
  • This association was not moderated by daily pro-hedonic motives or participant group.
  • Higher pro-hedonic ER motivation correlated with lower daily ER success.
  • Older adults, including those with mild cognitive impairment, exhibited advantages in daily ER success.

Conclusions:

  • Laboratory assessments may capture different facets of emotion regulation ability than daily life assessments.
  • Contextual and individual factors, particularly age, play a role in daily ER success.
  • Further research is needed to understand factors influencing the lab-daily life ER connection.