THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PROCESSES IN EMOTION REGULATION ACROSS ADULTHOOD

认知和社会过程在成年人情绪调节中的作用

• 批准号: 9750564
• 负责人: Tammy English
• 金额: $ 7.84万
• 依托单位: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9750564
• 关键词: Adult; Affective; Age; Age-associated memory impairment; Aging; Alzheimer' s Disease; Attention; Behavioral; Biological; Buffers; Cognition; Cognitive; Cognitive deficits; Crystallization; Data; Depressed mood; Effectiveness; Elderly; Emotional; Emotions; Ethnic Origin; Facial Expression; Film; Goals; Health; Health Promotion; Height; Impaired cognition; Impairment; Individual; Individual Differences; Informal Social Control; Intervention; Knowledge; Laboratories; Life; Life Experience; Link; Liquid substance; Longitudinal Studies; Measures; Methods; Monitor; Mood Disorders; Nature; Outcome; Participant; Patient Self-Report; Pattern; Personal Satisfaction; Population; Process; Quality of life; Race; Regulation; Reporting; Research; Resources; Risk; Role; Sampling; Short-Term Memory; Social Environment; Social Functioning; Social Network; Social Processes; Social support; Source; Standardization; Testing; Time; United States National Institutes of Health; Use Effectiveness; Well in self; Woman; Work; age difference; age related; base; behavior measurement; behavioral study; cognitive control; cognitive process; cognitive skill; cost; distraction; emotion dysregulation; emotion regulation; emotional experience; emotional stimulus; executive function; experience; improved; meetings; men; middle age; neuroimaging; physical conditioning; pleasure; preservation; processing speed; recruit; social; success

Project Summary Effective emotion regulation is not only central to maintaining psychological well-being, it also contributes to better physical health and social functioning. Given that cognitive control naturally declines with age, certain types of emotion regulation may be more challenging later in life. Older adults may be able to compensate for reduced cognitive control by choosing less cognitively demanding strategies or drawing on their existing social resources (e.g., using interpersonal tactics). These adjustments in emotion regulation may allow older adults to preserve their emotional well-being and even improve. However, those who experience greater than average cognitive declines and do not adjust their tactics may be at heightened risk for impaired emotion regulation. Although the normative profile of change in emotion across adulthood is remarkably positive, there are many individuals who do not show these benefits. It is critical to understand the sources of systematic individual differences in emotion regulation in order to promote health at a population level. This kind of work can allow for better prediction of who is vulnerable to emotion dysregulation and developing mood disorders later in life. The overall objective of the proposed project is to advance understanding of how cognitive and social factors contribute to emotion regulation effectiveness across adulthood. The specific aims of the proposed project are to (1) characterize the links between cognitive control and emotion regulation, (2) examine age differences in emotion regulation strategy use and effectiveness, and (3) test whether social factors mitigate the costs of age-related cognitive impairment for emotion regulation success. To achieve these aims, men and women between the ages of 25 and 85 (diverse in terms of race/ethnicity and SES) will be recruited for a three-part study that incorporates both standardized lab tasks and experience sampling of daily life. Participants will complete two laboratory sessions. The first session will include self-report measures of social connection (e.g., social network, social support) and emotion regulation goals, as well as a comprehensive cognitive battery (including measures of fluid and crystallized cognition). The second session will include a standardized emotion regulation film task in which emotional outcomes (subjective experience and behavioral expressions) will be assessed after instructing participants to increase amusement or contentment and decrease sadness or disgust. Between these two laboratory sessions, participants will complete 9 days of experience sampling that will assess their daily emotional experience and emotion regulation. Ultimately, the proposed research could aid in improving quality of life in aging populations by isolating specific cognitive skills or social resources that could be targeted for intervention to facilitate more effective emotion regulation efforts.

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项目成果

Perceived Responses, Capitalization, and Daily Gratitude: Do Age and Closeness Matter?

• DOI: 10.1037/emo0001301
• 发表时间: 2023-10-16
• 期刊: EMOTION
• 影响因子: 4.2
• 作者: Gray，Alexandra M.;Growney，Claire M.;English，Tammy
• 通讯作者: English，Tammy

Age, Resources, and Emotion Regulation Need in Daily-Life Emotional Contexts.

日常生活情绪背景下的年龄、资源和情绪调节需求。

• DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad018
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
• 作者: Growney,ClaireM;Springstein,Tabea;English,Tammy
• 通讯作者: English,Tammy