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SUBMITTER: Livingstone KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4792285 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Livingstone Kimberly M KM Isaacowitz Derek M DM
Social psychological and personality science 20150707 8
This research investigated age differences in use and effectiveness of situation selection and situation modification for emotion regulation. Socioemotional selectivity theory suggests stronger emotional well-being goals in older age; emotion regulation may support this goal. Younger and older adults assigned to an emotion regulation or "just view" condition first freely chose to engage with negative, neutral, or positive material (situation selection), then chose to view or skip negative and po ...[more]