"不要停止相信":情感信仰和成年期的日常幸福感
Jocelyn A Rutledge1, Meaghan A Barlow1
1Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Psychology and aging
|November 17, 2025
概括
老年人认为他们可以比年轻人更好地控制情绪. 每天的情绪控制信念会在整个生命周期中对幸福产生不同的影响,影响积极和消极的影响.
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:
- 关于情绪调节的能力和必要性的情绪控制信念与心理健康有关.
- 有限的研究存在于情绪控制信念的年龄相关变化及其对幸福的日常影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查日常情绪控制信仰中的年龄差异.
- 检查日常情绪控制信念与成年人一生中的积极/消极影响之间的个人内关联.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自年轻 (18-36岁) 和年长 (66-92岁) 成人社区样本的14天日常日记数据.
- 采用多层次建模来分析情绪控制信念的日常变化及其与情感的关联.
主要成果:
- 年龄较大的成年人报告了更高的平均"可以"情绪控制信念;对于"应该"信念没有年龄差异.
- 相信控制情绪 ("可以") 与所有年龄段更高的积极和更低的负面影响相关.
- "应该"的信念与年轻成年人的负面影响增加有关.
- 两个年龄组都在"可以"信念较高的日子里表现得更好,但对于年轻人来说,这种关联更强烈.
- 年轻的成年人经历了负面影响转移,当"应该"的信念很高时;年长的成年人没有.
结论:
- 情绪控制的信念 ("可以"与"应该") 与幸福有不同的关联.
- 这些关联不是静态的,在成年人一生中会有很大的变化,特别是在情绪衰老方面.
- 这些发现有助于寿命发展和情绪衰老研究,详细介绍了情绪控制信念和日常影响之间的特定年龄联系.
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