Ali Sideeka, Alea Nicole
1 University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2017 Jul;85(2):135-163. doi: 10.1177/0091415016682252. Epub 2016 Dec 7.
This study experimentally examined the affective and social consequences of emotion regulation in men and women from young adulthood to old age. Participants were instructed to reappraise, suppress, or given no instructions while recalling a negative memory about their romantic relationship. Participants were 191 adults in a Trinidadian lifespan sample. Engaging in suppression resulted in higher relationship satisfaction, particularly for women, whereas engaging in reappraisal reduced negative affect for middle-aged versus younger adults. Reappraisal was, however, particularly consequential for young women who experienced higher levels of negative affect compared with men of the same age and older aged women. Regardless of instructions, older adults experienced higher relationship satisfaction, higher positive and lower negative affect than younger aged adults. Results are discussed considering the positivity effect for older adults, and how the current and historical climate of Trinidad influences the way women regulate their emotions.
本研究通过实验考察了从青年到老年的男性和女性情绪调节的情感和社会后果。参与者被要求在回忆一段关于他们恋爱关系的负面记忆时进行重新评价、抑制，或者不给予任何指示。参与者是来自特立尼达岛全生命周期样本中的191名成年人。进行抑制会带来更高的关系满意度，尤其是对女性而言，而进行重新评价会降低中年人与年轻人的负面情绪。然而，重新评价对年轻女性尤为重要，与同龄男性和老年女性相比，她们经历的负面情绪水平更高。无论有无指示，老年人比年轻人经历更高的关系满意度、更高的积极情绪和更低的负面情绪。我们结合老年人的积极效应以及特立尼达岛当前和历史环境如何影响女性调节情绪的方式对研究结果进行了讨论。
