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KMID : 0895320090180010107
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Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology
2009 Volume.18 No. 1 p.107 ~ p.122
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Life Review and Positivity Effect in Old Age
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Park Jin-Hee
Youn Ga-Hyun
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Abstract
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As people get older, it is reported that they experience fewer negative emotions. The purpose of this study is to review recent findings about older adults’ emotions based on emotional optimization and socioemotional selectivity theory. Although the positivity effect in older adults’ attention and memory processing seems to be due to these characteristics, we should interpretate it in the cultural context and with respect to cognitive resources. The positivity effect is related to emotion regulation which integrates positive and negative emotions from various events of the individual’s past. Finally, it seems that emotional regulation may very well play a role in quality of life and psychological well-being of those in old age. Many studies have shown that older adults who received life review therapy using autobiographical memory retrieval practice reported fewer depressive symptoms, less hopelessness, and improved life satisfaction. It is especially important to recognize how we accept, interpretate, and integrate negative events into autobiographical memories.
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