Peleg Shira, Wallimann Miriam, Pauly Theresa
Department of Social and Health Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
Stress Health. 2025 Apr;41(2):e70030. doi: 10.1002/smi.70030.
This study investigated savouring as a moderator of affect reactivity to daily events among older adults.
A sample of 108 individuals aged 65-92 years (M = 73.11, SD = 5.92; 58% women) completed daily diary questionnaires over 14 days, reporting on daily stressors, positive events, savouring, and positive and negative affect.
Multilevel models showed that on days when a stressor was experienced, negative affect was higher when daily savouring (within-person) was low, but this association was not observed when daily savouring was high. Additionally, on days with positive events, negative affect was lower when trait savouring (between-person) was high, but this effect was not found when trait savouring was low.
The findings highlight the importance of savouring as a key factor in managing emotional responses to daily experiences among older adults. Specifically, deliberately engaging with positive experiences might buffer daily negative emotional responses.
本研究调查了品味作为老年人对日常事件情感反应调节因素的作用。
108名年龄在65 - 92岁之间的个体(M = 73.11,SD = 5.92;58%为女性)在14天内完成了每日日记问卷,报告了日常压力源、积极事件、品味以及积极和消极情绪。
多层次模型显示,在经历压力源的日子里,当日常品味(个体内部)较低时,消极情绪较高,但当日常品味较高时,未观察到这种关联。此外,在有积极事件的日子里,当特质品味(个体之间)较高时,消极情绪较低,但当特质品味较低时,未发现这种效应。
研究结果强调了品味作为老年人管理对日常经历情绪反应的关键因素的重要性。具体而言,刻意地沉浸于积极体验可能缓冲日常的负面情绪反应。