Discrete negative emotions and goal disengagement in older adulthood: Context effects and associations with emotional well-being

Autor: Meaghan A. Barlow, Carsten Wrosch, Jeremy Hamm, Tehila Sacher, Gregory E. Miller, Ute Kunzmann
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Emotion (Washington, D.C.). 22(7)
ISSN: 1931-1516
Popis: This study examined whether sadness, but not anger, could facilitate adaptive goal disengagement capacity in the context of older adult's stress-related experiences. To this end, we investigated whether the within-person effects of sadness and anger on older adults' goal disengagement capacity were moderated by stress perceptions and diurnal cortisol levels. In addition, we tested whether an association between sadness and goal disengagement capacity could protect emotional well-being when older adults experience higher than normal perceived stress or cortisol. The study used data from a 6-wave 10-year longitudinal study of 184 community-dwelling older adults (
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