Young Nathaniel A, Minton Alyssa R, Mikels Joseph A
DePaul University.
Dev Rev. 2021 Mar;59. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2021.100947. Epub 2021 Feb 8.
To advance our understanding of how emotional experience changes across the adult life span, we propose an integrative theoretical framework: the appraisal approach to aging and emotion (AAAE). AAAE posits that (a) age-related cognitive, motivational, and physical changes fundamentally change the appraisal system in certain ways, and that (b) older adults often deploy appraisal processes in different ways relative to their younger counterparts. As such, we hypothesize that these age-related changes to the appraisal process underlie the finding that older and younger adults tend to experience different emotions. In this paper we integrate findings from the aging literature with appraisal theory, grounding AAAE in theoretical and empirical work relevant to the relationship between aging and appraisal processes. Using our theoretical framework, it is possible to identify critical points of investigation for aging and emotion researchers to further develop our understanding of the proximal-level determinants of age differences in emotion.
为了增进我们对情绪体验如何在成年期发生变化的理解，我们提出了一个综合理论框架：衰老与情绪的评估方法（AAAE）。AAAE假定：（a）与年龄相关的认知、动机和身体变化以某些方式从根本上改变了评估系统，并且（b）与年轻同龄人相比，老年人通常以不同方式运用评估过程。因此，我们假设评估过程中这些与年龄相关的变化是老年人和年轻人往往体验不同情绪这一发现的基础。在本文中，我们将衰老文献中的研究结果与评估理论相结合，将AAAE建立在与衰老和评估过程之间关系相关的理论和实证研究基础之上。利用我们的理论框架，衰老与情绪研究人员有可能确定关键的调查要点，以进一步加深我们对情绪年龄差异近端决定因素的理解。
