Affective Experience in Adulthood and Old Age: The Role of Affective Arousal and Perceived Affect Regulation
Affective Experience in Adulthood and Old Age: The Role of Affective Arousal and Perceived Affect Regulation
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DOI：
10.1037/a0015352
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Staudinger, Ursula M.
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作者：
Kessler, Eva-Marie;Staudinger, Ursula M.
本研究的目的是调查成年期自我报告的情感方面与年龄相关的差异。情感的测量包括高唤醒和低唤醒的积极情感与消极情感。样本由277名年龄在20岁到80岁之间的参与者组成。年长的参与者表现出更高水平的低唤醒积极情感，并且在高唤醒积极情感方面与两个较年轻的年龄组没有显著差异。从中年到老年，高唤醒和低唤醒的消极情感都有所下降。这些年龄效应只有部分可以由社会人口统计学特征、教育程度、自我报告的健康状况和个性来解释。在面对困难或具有威胁性的情况时对情感的感知调节，在年龄与情感的三个年龄分级方面的关联中成为一个核心中介因素。相比之下，未来时间视角对年龄 - 情感关系没有中介作用。结果表明，在感知情感调节方面与年龄相关的优势似乎是老年韧性的一个核心组成部分。
The aim of the present study was to investigate age-related differences in self-reported affect in adulthood. Measurement of affect encompassed high- and low-arousal positive and negative affect. The sample consisted of 277 participants who were between 20 and 80 years old. Older participants showed a higher level of low-arousal positive affect and did not significantly differ from the two younger age groups in high-arousal positive affect. Both high- and low-arousal negative affect decreased from middle to older adulthood. Only partially are these age effect, explained by sociodemographic characteristics, education, or self-reported health and personality. The perceived regulation of affect in the face of difficulties or threatening situations emerged as a central mediator in the association between age and the three age-graded facets of affect. In contrast, future time perspective had no mediating effect on the age-affect relationship. Results suggest that age-related advantages in perceived affect regulation seem to be one central component of resilience in old age.