Emotion regulation success in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment.

IF 3.7 1区 心理学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY
Claire M Growney, Tabea Springstein, Tess Wild, Tammy English
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Abstract

Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have relatively poor emotional well-being, but little is known about their emotion regulation (ER) processes. In the present study, we investigate whether individuals of varying age and cognitive status might benefit emotionally from specific ER strategy selection instructions. Young adults (aged 21-34, n = 66), cognitively normal older adults (CN; aged 70-84, n = 90), and older adults with MCI (aged 70-84, n = 60) completed a laboratory ER task involving high-arousal negative film clips. They were instructed to (a) regulate using any ER strategy and then (b) regulate using a specific ER strategy, depending on the randomly assigned condition: cognitive distraction or detached reappraisal. Participants were video recorded while viewing the film clips and reported on their strategy use, experience of emotion, and perceived ER success. We examined three indicators of ER success: emotional experience, emotional expression, and perceived ER success. Generally, older adults with MCI did not differ greatly from young adults and CN older adults in how successfully they regulated negative emotions in this controlled context. Older adults with MCI expressed less of the target emotion being regulated when instructed to use a specific strategy compared to when instructed to spontaneously select any strategy. Additionally, older adults with MCI demonstrated benefits associated with distraction instructions over reappraisal instructions in terms of reduced experience of the target emotion and greater perceived success. Findings partially support the idea that cognitively impaired older adults may benefit from instructional support, especially encouragement to use attentional deployment strategies, when regulating high-arousal negative emotions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

有或无轻度认知障碍的老年人情绪调节成功。
轻度认知障碍(MCI)老年人的情绪健康状况相对较差,但对其情绪调节(ER)过程知之甚少。在本研究中,我们探讨了不同年龄和认知状态的个体是否可能从特定的急诊策略选择指导中获得情感上的益处。青壮年(21-34岁,n = 66),认知正常的老年人(CN;年龄70-84岁,n = 90)和患有轻度认知障碍的老年人(年龄70-84岁,n = 60)完成了一项涉及高唤醒负性电影剪辑的实验室ER任务。他们被指示(a)使用任何ER策略进行调节,然后(b)使用特定的ER策略进行调节,这取决于随机分配的条件:认知分心或超然重新评估。参与者在观看电影片段时被录像,并报告他们的策略使用,情感体验和感知的急诊室成功。我们考察了急诊成功的三个指标:情感体验、情感表达和感知急诊成功。一般来说,患有轻度认知障碍的老年人在这种受控环境下成功调节负面情绪的程度与年轻人和老年人没有太大差异。患有轻度认知障碍的老年人在被指示使用特定策略时,与被指示自发选择任何策略时相比,表达的目标情绪被调节得更少。此外,患有轻度认知障碍的老年人在减少目标情绪体验和更大的感知成功方面表现出与重新评估指导相关的分心指导的好处。研究结果部分支持了认知受损的老年人在调节高唤醒负面情绪时可能受益于教学支持的观点,特别是鼓励使用注意力部署策略。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA,版权所有)。
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CiteScore
6.40
自引率
10.80%
发文量
97
期刊介绍: Psychology and Aging publishes original articles on adult development and aging. Such original articles include reports of research that may be applied, biobehavioral, clinical, educational, experimental (laboratory, field, or naturalistic studies), methodological, or psychosocial. Although the emphasis is on original research investigations, occasional theoretical analyses of research issues, practical clinical problems, or policy may appear, as well as critical reviews of a content area in adult development and aging. Clinical case studies that have theoretical significance are also appropriate. Brief reports are acceptable with the author"s agreement not to submit a full report to another journal.
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