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- Title
Fewer Ups and Downs: Daily Stressors Mediate Age Differences in Negative Affect.
- Authors
Charles, Susan Turk; Luong, Gloria; Almeida, David M.; Ryff, Carol; Sturm, Maggie; Love, Gayle
- Abstract
The current study examined age differences in daily stressors, positive events (uplifts), and their associations with emotional experience among healthy older women. Women (N = 101, 63–93 years old) reported their daily experiences across 1 week. Older age was related to fewer stressors and less frequent negative affect. However, the association between negative affect and age was no longer significant after accounting for the occurrence of daily stressors. Older age was not significantly related to positive affect, although positive uplifts were reported less frequently with age. Findings provide a contextual explanation for emotional experience in very late life, where reduced exposure to stressors partially explains age-related reductions in negative affect.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; PSYCHOLOGY of older women; AGE differences; AFFECT (Psychology); AGE factors in well-being; GERIATRIC psychology
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 2010, Vol 65B, Issue 3, p279
- ISSN
1079-5014
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/geronb/gbq002