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Age differences in coping and emotional responses toward SARS
— a longitudinal study of Hong Kong Chinese | | Author(s) | Dannii Yuen-Lan Yeung, Helene H Fung |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 11, no 5, September 2007 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, September 2007 |
| Pages | pp 579-587 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Respiratory tract diseases ; Stress ; Attitude ; Anxiety ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young adults [20-25] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Age-related emotional responses and coping at the peak and end of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Hong Kong were examined. 385 Hong Kong Chinese aged 18-86 rated the extent that they experienced "shock", "sadness", "anger" and "fear" in the face of SARS. They also completed selected items from Brief COPE (Carver, 1997). The results showed that older people consistently experienced less anger than did their younger counterparts. Younger adults used more emotion-focused coping than did middle-aged and older adults at the peak of SARS; yet they exhibited the lowest increase in this form of coping throughout the outbreak, such that the age differences had reversed by the end of the outbreak. This study's findings suggest that older people may be better at emotional regulation than are their younger counterparts; they react to a crisis with less anger and are better able to adapt their coping strategies to the changing environment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080327209 A |
| Classmark | CN: QNH: DP: ENP: BB: SD6: 3J: 7DR |
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