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SUBMITTER: Sands M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5231397 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sands Molly M Garbacz Adam A Isaacowitz Derek M DM
Social psychological and personality science 20160729 8
Older adults are theorized to benefit from proactive forms of emotion regulation that allow them to avoid negative stimuli (Charles, 2010). To test this, we examined choices as a form of emotion regulation. In two studies investigating age differences, participants selected affective stimuli using a cable television interface, while choices and mood were recorded. In lab-based Study 1, older adults spent more time watching neutral channels, but younger adults spent more time watching positive on ...[more]