Emotional experience in everyday life across the adult life span
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura L Carstensen (0000-0002-5011-3789, Stanford Medicine), M Pasupathi (0000-0001-9105-4554, University of Potsdam), Ulrich Mayr (0000-0002-7512-4556, University of Potsdam), John R Nesselroade |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 644-655 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.79.4.644 |
| PMID | 11045744 |
| OpenAlex | W1999773662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 343 |
| References cited | 40 |
Age differences in emotional experience over the adult life span were explored, focusing on the frequency, intensity, complexity, and consistency of emotional experience in everyday life. One hundred eighty-four people, age 18 to 94 years, participated in an experience-sampling procedure in which emotions were recorded across a 1-week period. Age was unrelated to frequency of positive emotional experience. A curvilinear relationship best characterized negative emotional experience. Negative emotions declined in frequency until approximately age 60, at which point the decline ceased. Individual factor analyses computed for each participant revealed that age was associated with more differentiated emotional experience. In addition, periods of highly positive emotional experience were more likely to endure among older people and periods of highly negative emotional experience were less stable. Findings are interpreted within the theoretical framework of socioemotional selectivity theory
Developmental psychology · Everyday life · Experience sampling method · Life span · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Aging and Gerontology Research · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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Cognitive Development in Adulthood and AgingPreparation of this chapter was supported by a grant from the U.S. National Institute on Aging (R37 AG008235) to Roger A. Dixon, who also acknowledges support from the Canada Research Chairs program. Peggy McFall is supported by Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. Sanda Dolcos is now at the Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. This chapter is a substantially revised version of Dixon and Cohen .
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| Citations per year | 13,72 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 282 |