“…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).…”