| Autor: |
Chukwuorji JC; Department of Psychology, College of Sciences and the Health Professions, 2564Cleveland State University, Cleveland, 44115, USA.; Department of Psychology, 107769University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 41000, Enugu state, Nigeria., Allard ES; Department of Psychology, College of Sciences and the Health Professions, 2564Cleveland State University, Cleveland, 44115, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
While substantial literature suggests that positive preferences are in the service of emotion regulation pursuits, little evidence has directly linked positivity "processes" with well-being "outcomes." The current study examined age-related differences in negative gaze preferences and how such preferences are related to subsequent regulatory outcomes. Participants were 79 older adults and 72 younger adults. They first provided a baseline mood assessment, which was followed by a standardized emotional video clip for three minutes during which visual fixation preferences were recorded via an eye tracker. Mood was again assessed after the film, which was followed by a standardized video recovery task, and completion of a recovery mood measure. Older adults fixated less on negative portions of the emotional video clip relative to younger adults, indicative of an age-related positivity effect. The indirect effect of age on mood recovery through fixation was not supported. |
