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ArticlePsychology and aging2016

Older age may offset genetic influence on affect: The COMT polymorphism and affective well-being across the life span.

Bulent Turan, Tamara Sims, Sasha E Best, Laura L Carstensen

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Article in Psychology and aging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bulent Turan *University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Tamara Sims *Stanford University.
Sasha E BestVeteran's Administration Northern California Health Care System.
Laura L CarstensenStanford University.
Stanford University · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USVA Northern California Health Care System · US

Funding

Socioemotional Functioning in Adulthood and Old AgeR37AG008816 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CARSTENSEN, LAURA L · 2005 to 2024
$11.7M
SOCIOEMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING IN ADULTHOOD AND OLD AGER01AG008816 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CARSTENSEN, LAURA L · 1990 to 2004
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG008816NIA NIH HHS R37 AG008816
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT_Val158Met) genetic polymorphism has been linked to variation in affective well-being. Compared with Val carriers, Met carriers experience lower affective well-being. In parallel, research on aging and affective experience finds that younger adults experience poorer affective well-being than older adults. This study examined how COMT and age may interact to shape daily affective experience across the life span. Results suggest that Met (vs. Val) carriers experience lower levels of affective well-being in younger but not in older ages. These findings suggest that age-related improvements in emotional functioning may offset genetic vulnerabilities to negative affective experience. (PsycINFO Database Record

Indexed as

AffectPolymorphism, GeneticAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAgingCatechol O-MethyltransferaseEmotionsFemaleHeterozygoteHumansMaleMiddle AgedCatechol O-Methyltransferase

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PMID27111524
PMCPMC4850911
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