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Age differences in emotion-regulation strategies in handling everyday problems
Author(s)	Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Renee Stein, Tonya L Watson
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 6, November 2004
Pages	pp P261-P270
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Cognitive processes ; Reasoning ; Emotions ; Family relationships ; Adults ; Middle aged ; Age groups [elderly] ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	35 young adults (aged 18-39), 31 middle-aged (40-64) and 38 older adults (65+) from the Atlanta area generated family problem situations that were high and low in emotional salience. They were asked how they solved the problem and how they managed emotions involved in the problems. The authors conducted analyses on three categories of problem solving strategies: instrumental strategies, proactive emotion regulation, and passive emotion regulation. When regulating emotions, middle-aged adults used more proactive emotion-regulation strategies than older adults, and older adults used more passive emotion-regulation strategies than middle-aged adults. These effects were driven by the high emotional salience condition. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050217218 A
Classmark	DA: DC: DL: DS:SJ: SD: SE: BB: 48: 7T
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