Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Psychol Aging. 2012 Dec;27(4):840-8. doi: 10.1037/a0028747. Epub 2012 Jun 18.
We examined age differences in preferences for the temporal sequence of emotional events. In 2 studies, participants were asked to select the order in which they would like to view a series of emotionally salient images. Study 1 (N = 87; aged 21-88 years) elicited sequence preferences both directly (via a sequence construction task) and indirectly (via a temporal discounting task). Study 2 (N = 90; aged 21-89 years) used a modified version of the sequence construction task in which the sequence was selected prospectively instead of concurrently. Across both studies, younger participants preferred increasingly positive sequences, but this preference was negatively associated with age. Future time perspective was associated with both age and sequence preferences. In contrast, age differences in sequence preferences were not explained by personality traits, affective responses, or age-related decrements in cognitive functioning.
我们研究了人们对情绪事件时间顺序的偏好随年龄的变化。在两项研究中，要求参与者选择他们希望观看一系列情绪相关图片的顺序。研究 1（N=87；年龄 21-88 岁）通过序列构建任务和时间折扣任务直接（直接）和间接（间接）地引出序列偏好。研究 2（N=90；年龄 21-89 岁）使用了一种改良的序列构建任务，其中序列是前瞻性选择的，而不是同时选择的。在这两项研究中，年轻的参与者更喜欢越来越积极的序列，但这种偏好与年龄呈负相关。未来时间视角与年龄和序列偏好都有关。相比之下，序列偏好的年龄差异不能用人格特质、情感反应或与年龄相关的认知功能下降来解释。
