ADULTS REASONING ABOUT PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

负面社会互动的有害影响 人们的心理健康状况已经明确确立。老年人 一致报告在其密切的社交中出现的问题更少 与年轻人相比，他们更喜欢恋爱关系。减少人际关系 紧张局势似乎并没有反映出困难的化解 两性关系。相反，老年人似乎在思考和管理 人与人之间的问题与年轻人不同。这个 拟议的研究针对潜在的社会认知过程 成年后社会关系问题的管理。 20名受过良好教育、身体健康的男性和女性，每组4人 年龄组别：20-29岁，40-49岁，60-69岁，80岁以上。到目前为止， 很少有关于社会认知的研究将年轻人和老年人区分开来 老一辈的参与者。关于人际关系问题的推理将会 通过询问参与者如何处理与 他们在他们最亲密的社交网络中命名的人 以及与他们在他们最重要的网络中点名的人的关系 令人痛苦的社会关系。开放式响应将被编码为建筑物 基于之前的研究。预计老年人会使用更多 管理关系问题和接受问题的综合方法 对方的弱点。预计年轻人会参与其中 在更积极的努力中沟通和改变他人 人。这项拟议的研究对干预措施有影响 正在经历人际关系问题的老年人。当前 心理实践强调直接沟通以解决问题 感情上的困难，但不同的方法可能更多 适用于老年人群。

The deleterious effects of negative social interactions for psychological well-being have been clearly established. Older adults consistently report fewer problems in their close social relationships than do younger adults. Decreased interpersonal tensions do not appear to reflect dissolution of difficult relationships. Rather, older adults appear to think about and manage interpersonal problems differently than do younger adults. The proposed study addresses social cognitive processes underlying management of problems in social relationships across adulthood. Twenty well-educated, healthy men and women in each of 4 different age groups: 20-29, 40-49, 60-69, and 80+ will participate. To date, few studies of social cognition have differentiated young-old from old-old participants. Reasoning about interpersonal problems will be assessed by asking participants how they manage tensions with people whom they have named in a network of their closest social ties and with people whom they have named in a network of their most distressful social ties. Open-ended responses will be coded building on previous research. Older adults are expected to use more integrated approaches to manage relationship problems and to accept the other person's weakness. Younger adults are expected to engage in more active efforts to communicate and to change the other person. The proposed study has implications for interventions with older adults who are experiencing interpersonal problems. Current psychological practice emphasizes direct communication to resolve relationship difficulties, but different approaches may be more appropriate for older populations.