在日常快乐的经验年龄差异:思考未来的未来的作用
Yoonseok Choi1, Jennifer Lay2, Minjie Lu3
1Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia.
Psychology and aging
|October 26, 2023
概括
老年人对幸福的体验不同,与年轻人相比,他们更喜欢平静的情绪而不是兴奋. 未来的思维也在各个年龄段的幸福中发挥着独特的作用.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 情感科学是一种情感科学.
背景情况:
- 快乐的经验在成年期间有所不同,可能是由于时间焦点和情绪状态偏好的变化.
- 以前的研究表明,幸福与情感状态之间的关联与年龄相关的差异.
- 未来思维在缓解这些与年龄相关的幸福差异方面的作用需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 复制和扩展关于年龄差异的发现,以确定日常幸福的积极情感相关性.
- 检查思考未来如何调节幸福与不同兴奋水平的情感状态之间的关系.
- 探索未来思维在塑造幸福体验中的年龄特定作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了257名参与者 (老年人) 在两个地点 (温哥华和香港) 的日常生活评估.
- 收集了多达30次每天重复评估10天的瞬间情绪状态和未来思维.
- 结合了四个数据集与年轻人和老年人的不同样本.
主要成果:
- 复制了以前的发现:与年轻人相比,老年人中幸福与低兴奋的积极影响更强烈地相关,与高兴奋的积极影响更少.
- 年轻的成年人比老年人更多地参与了未来的思考.
- 未来思维对幸福影响关联的调节作用因年龄而混,单独的分析显示每个年龄组都有不同的作用.
结论:
- 快乐的经历和它们的情感关联在年轻人和老年人之间有很大的差异.
- 每天的未来思考在塑造幸福方面发挥着微妙的,年龄相关的作用.
- 这些发现有助于情绪衰老理论,阐明了年龄和幸福的未来思维相互作用.
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