Emotion dynamics across adulthood in everyday life: Older adults are more emotionally stable and better at regulating desires.

Burr, Daisy A.; Castrellon, Jaime J.; Zald, David H.; Samanez-Larkin, Gregory R.

doi:10.1037/emo0000734

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“…There is substantial evidence that, on balance, older people’s daily emotional experience is more positive than younger people’s (Burr, Castrellon, Zald, & Samanez-Larkin, 2020; Carstensen, Pasupathi, Mayr, & Nesselroade, 2000; Carstensen et al, 2011; Stone, Schwartz, Broderick, & Deaton, 2010). Older people report that they manage their emotions better than they did when they were younger (Gross et al, 1997) and display greater emotional stability in day-to-day life (Burr et al, 2020). When faced with serious diseases such as cancer, older patients report better affective states than younger patients (Hart & Charles, 2013).…”

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Age Advantages in Emotional Experience Persist Even Under Threat From the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic is creating unprecedented, sustained, and unavoidable stress for the entire population, and older people are facing particularly heightened risk of contracting the virus and suffering severe complications, including death. The present study was conducted when the pandemic was spreading exponentially in the United States. To address important theoretical questions about age differences in emotional experience in times of crisis, we surveyed a representative sample of 945 Americans between the ages of 18 and 76 years and assessed the frequency and intensity of a range of positive and negative emotions. We also assessed perceived risk of contagion and complications from the virus, as well as personality, health, and demographic characteristics. Age was associated with relatively greater emotional well-being both when analyses did and did not control for perceived risk and other covariates. The present findings extend previous research about age and emotion by demonstrating that older adults’ relatively better emotional well-being persists even in the face of prolonged stress.

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Section: Emotional Experience Improves With Agementioning

confidence: 99%

Age Advantages in Emotional Experience Persist Even Under Threat From the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

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“…Accordingly, are psychological perils also greater for older than for younger people? Alternatively, since older people are more emotionally stable and better equipped to deal with existential threats [31,32], do older people suffer less mentally?…”

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How COVID-19 affected mental well-being: An 11- week trajectories of daily well-being of Koreans amidst COVID-19 by age, gender and region

Choi

Kim

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PLoS ONE

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The present study examined the daily well-being of Koreans (n = 353,340) for 11 weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 20 –April 7). We analyzed whether and how life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, and life meaning changed during the outbreak. First, we found that the well-being of Koreans changed daily in a cubic fashion, such that it declined and recovered during the early phase but declined substantially during the later phase (after COVID- 19 was declared world pandemic by WHO). Second, unlike other emotions, boredom displayed a distinctive pattern of linear increase, especially for younger people, suggesting that boredom might be, in part, responsible for their inability to comply with social distancing recommendations. Third, the well-being of older people and males changed less compared to younger people and females. Finally, daily well-being dropped significantly more in the hard-hit regions than in other regions. Implications and limitations are discussed.

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“…Compared to younger people, older individuals are more practiced at supporting themselves in daily life (e.g., household activities), less likely to need to relocate geographically (e.g., move out from college), and less likely to be severely negatively impacted financially (most are in retirement). Older adults are also especially good at regulating their emotions (Burr et al, 2020). Taken together, these strengths suggest that older adults may be better suited to endure the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic and the new reality of social distancing than other demographics, which may allow for them to focus on digital literacy.…”

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Older Adults, Social Technologies, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Challenges, Strengths, and Strategies for Support

Moore

Hancock

2020

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COVID-19 is a threat to everyone’s health but can be especially devastating to older individuals. To prevent spread of the virus, social distancing has become the norm worldwide. However, with social distancing comes significantly less face-to-face interaction, which may be particularly harmful to older adults given their existing levels of loneliness. While social technologies can be used to provide critical social interaction during this time of necessary physical distancing, older adults tend to either lack access to these technologies or the skills and experience necessary to use them effectively. Once online, older adults face the additional challenge of being outsized targets of misinformation and scams, both of which abound in the context of COVID-19. In this essay, we discuss the challenges faced by older adults in their use of digital media for social connection in the present pandemic, as well as highlight some of the population’s untapped strengths which can be leveraged to help them live prosperous online lives. Finally, we provide recommendations for actions which key stakeholders can take to support older adults in this pursuit.

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Emotion dynamics across adulthood in everyday life: Older adults are more emotionally stable and better at regulating desires.

Cited by 77 publications

References 69 publications

Age Advantages in Emotional Experience Persist Even Under Threat From the COVID-19 Pandemic

Age Advantages in Emotional Experience Persist Even Under Threat From the COVID-19 Pandemic

How COVID-19 affected mental well-being: An 11- week trajectories of daily well-being of Koreans amidst COVID-19 by age, gender and region

Older Adults, Social Technologies, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Challenges, Strengths, and Strategies for Support

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