每日影响到成年期和老年期:来自门诊研究的最新进展
Michaela Riediger1, Antje Rauers1
1Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Department of Developmental Psychology, Germany.
Current opinion in psychology
|December 16, 2023
概括
年长的成年人报告比年轻的成年人更积极,更稳定的日常情绪. 然而,纵向研究表明,随着年龄的增长,情绪健康可能会下降,情绪调节技巧在年龄组之间并不总是有所不同.
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:
- 门诊研究,包括日常日记和经验采样,捕捉现实生活经验.
- 与年轻人相比,老年人通常报告更积极和更稳定的日常情感经历.
- 最近的研究探讨了成年期的情感兴奋和离散情绪.
研究的目的:
- 使用门诊研究方法检查日常情感体验中的年龄差异.
- 调查跨年龄的影响差异是否与人体内随时间的变化保持一致.
- 评估情绪调节在与年龄相关的日常情绪差异中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用的门诊研究方法 (例如,日记,经验采样).
- 分析了不同成年年龄组的情感体验,包括价值和兴奋.
- 对照横截面年龄差异与纵向人体内影响的变化.
主要成果:
- 老年人平均表现出更积极,更稳定的日常情感体验.
- 纵向数据显示,从年轻到中年人的情感状况有所改善,随后在晚年成年时出现稳定或下降.
- 虽然老年人对情绪调节有更多的动力和信心,但他们的策略,有效性和灵活性并不总是与年轻人的不同.
结论:
- 每天的情感体验在成年人一生中各不相同,老年人通常会报告更多的积极和稳定的情绪.
- 情感福祉的纵向轨迹与横截面年龄模式不同,表明后生活中的潜在下降.
- 情绪调节在解释年龄差异中的日常情绪影响方面的作用并未得到当前证据的一致支持.
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