人们在晚年成年时如何经常和为什么管理他们的情绪?
Tabea Springstein1, Tammy English2
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA.
概括
老年人,包括那些有轻度认知障碍的人,调节情绪的频率比年轻人少. 情绪调节的动机在年龄组之间没有显著差异.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 成人发展理论表明,老年人优先考虑情感福祉和社会关系.
- 老年人可以通过结构化他们的生活来减少对积极情绪管理的需求.
- 之前的研究集中在老化中的情绪调节策略上.
研究的目的:
- 测试老年人在日常生活中是否比年轻人更少调节情绪.
- 调查老年人在调节情绪时是否更多地受到前性和社会关注的驱动.
- 为了比较年轻人,老年人和轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 的老年人的情绪调节频率和动机.
主要方法:
- 使用经验采样方法 (每天7次,持续9天).
- 评估了情绪调节的频率和动机.
- 参与者包括年轻人 (n=75),认知正常的老年人 (n=93) 和患有MCI的老年人 (n=63).
主要成果:
- 与年轻人 (43%) 相比,老年人 (16-18%) 的情绪调节频率明显较低.
- 这种差异甚至在控制情绪体验时也存在.
- 在情绪调节动机中发现的差异很少,并且在控制与年龄相关的情绪差异时,这些差异并不强大.
结论:
- 调查结果记录了情绪调节的频率,但不是动机的年龄差异.
- 未来的研究应该探索生活环境如何影响老年人对情绪调节的需求.
- 保护情绪调节的认知资源对于患有MCI的老年人来说可能尤为重要.
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