老年和非常老年人的情绪调节有三个方面:战略使用,有效性和可变性
Ute Kunzmann1, Steffen Nestler2, Anna J Lücke3
1Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, Lifespan Psychology Lab, University of Leipzig.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|August 3, 2023
概括
老年人有效调节情绪,观察到的年龄差异很小. 非常老的个体选择性地使用较少的情绪调节策略,从而提高成功率,类似于年轻的老年人.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 情绪调节对于整个生活中的幸福至关重要.
- 有限的研究存在于非常老的成年人的情绪调节.
- 了解应对机制中与年龄相关的差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究年轻老年人与非常老年人的情绪调节策略.
- 为了比较不同年龄段情绪调节策略的有效性和变异性.
- 在压力情况下识别情绪调节的年龄相关差异.
主要方法:
- 123名年轻老年人和47名非常老年人参加了.
- 参与者报告了压力因素和情绪调节策略,每天6次,持续7天.
- 分析的重点是战略的使用,有效性和可变性 (战略内部和战略之间).
主要成果:
- 在情绪调节策略的使用中发现的总体年龄差异很小.
- 非常老的成年人比年轻的老年人更强烈地使用了三个特定的策略.
- 战略之间的变化,而不是战略内部的变化,预测了所有年龄组的情绪调节成功.
结论:
- 情绪调节表现出与年龄相关的差异很小,即使在晚年.
- 非常老的成年人表现出较低的策略之间的变化,这表明了更有针对性的方法.
- 选择性策略的使用是成功调节情绪的关键,不论年龄.
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