I'm Better Off Than Most Other People: The Role of Social Comparisons for Coping With Regret in Young Adulthood and Old Age
I'm Better Off Than Most Other People: The Role of Social Comparisons for Coping With Regret in Young Adulthood and Old Age
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DOI：
10.1037/a0014180
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发表时间：
2008-12-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Jobin, Joelle
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作者：
Bauer, Isabelle;Wrosch, Carsten;Jobin, Joelle
这项纵向研究旨在探讨社会比较对年轻人和老年人应对后悔情绪的重要性。预计与年轻人相比，老年人进行向下的社会比较会随着时间的推移更能降低后悔的强度。共有104名参与者参加了这项为期4个月的纵向研究。研究结果表明，在不同的比较对象中，老年人随着时间的推移，进行向下（相对于向上）的社会比较一直与后悔强度的降低有关。在年轻人中，与自己认识的人而不是同龄人进行向下的社会比较，与较低的后悔强度有关。此外，随着时间的推移，老年人更加依赖向下的社会比较。这种朝向向下社会比较的年龄差异变化进一步解释了后悔强度随时间变化的年龄差异。最后，弥补后悔的机会差异解释了向下社会比较的使用和适应价值方面的一些年龄差异。文章讨论了这些研究结果对理解和探究成功发展途径的意义。
This longitudinal study was designed to examine the importance of social comparisons for coping with regret among young and older adults. It was expected that making downward social comparisons would be associated with a greater reduction in regret intensity over time among older, compared with young, adults. A total of 104 participants took part in this 4-month longitudinal study. The findings suggest that across different comparison targets. making downward (relative to upward) social comparisons was consistently related to reduced regret intensity over time among older adults. Among young adults, making downward social comparisons with personally known others, as opposed to age peers. was associated with lower regret intensity. In addition. older adults increased their reliance on downward social comparisons over time. This age-differential shift toward downward social comparisons further explained age differences in changes of regret intensity over time. Finally, differences in opportunities to undo regrets explained some of the age differences in the use and adaptive value of downward social comparisons. The implications of the findings for understanding and examining pathways to successful development are discussed.