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KMID : 0379220160360010123
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2016 Volume.36 No. 1 p.123 ~ p.136
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Age and Individual Differences of Negative Emotion Regulation in Korean Older and Younger Adults
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Park Eun-Sun
Lee Young-Ho
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Abstract
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The research compares negative emotion regulation in Korean older adults and younger adults based on socioemotional selectivity theory. This study examined age difference of speed of recovering negative affect in real time after mood induction showing negative scene. In addition, how individual differences of psychological traits(trait anxiety, depression, neuroticism, optimism) affects the emotion regulation examined. A total of 60 subjects(31 older adults and 29 younger adults) participated. Participants viewed a film clip known to elicit negative emotions 5 minutes and reported changes in mood in 2-min intervals for 20 minutes. A repeated-measure analysis of variance (ANOVAs) was conducted with mood changes as a within-subjects factor and age as a between-subjects factor. The results showed that older adults were more likely to rapidly regulate their negative emotions than were younger adults. In addition, categorizing groups into rapid regulator and nonrapid regulator, even at a same age group, those people show different patterns for emotion regulation. However, Individual differences of psychological traits could not explains the effects. Finally, the limitations of this study were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Older adults , Emotion regulation , Age
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