Isaacowitz Derek M, Wolfe Hannah E
Department of Psychology, Northeastern University.
Emot Rev. 2024 Oct;16(4):252-264. doi: 10.1177/17540739241259567. Epub 2024 Jun 6.
Older adults report high emotional well-being, but age-comparative studies of emotion regulation strategies have not identified systematic age differences. We propose that emotion regulation may be more promising. Emotion regulation tactics involve strategy implementation in a specific situation, and have features shared across strategies involving positive or negative elements (objects/thoughts) in the environment that may be approached or receded from in the regulation attempt (i.e., a dimension about the environmental element, and a dimension indicating movement toward or away from it). Across several studies, older adults used more positive-approaching than negative-receding tactics. Positive-approaching tactics may also be more effective at regulating mood. We consider implications for aging, as well as group differences in emotion regulation behavior generally.
老年人报告称自己的情绪幸福感较高，但针对情绪调节策略的年龄比较研究尚未发现系统性的年龄差异。我们认为情绪调节可能更具前景。情绪调节策略涉及在特定情境中实施策略，并且具有一些跨策略的共同特征，这些策略涉及环境中的积极或消极元素（对象/想法），在调节尝试中可能会接近或远离这些元素（即，关于环境元素的一个维度，以及表示朝着或远离它移动的一个维度）。在多项研究中，老年人使用积极接近策略的频率高于消极回避策略。积极接近策略在调节情绪方面可能也更有效。我们考虑了其对衰老的影响，以及情绪调节行为中普遍存在的群体差异。
