ReviewPerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2022
What Do We Know About Aging and Emotion Regulation?
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exploration of brain imaging biomarkers in subthreshold depression patients across different ages: an ALE meta-analysis based on MRI studies.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities differentially predict successful regulation of positive versus negative emotion.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- A neurodevelopmental model of eating disorder risk in midlife to older adulthood.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2026Review
- Definition and conceptual framework of the psychological domain of intrinsic capacity in healthy ageing: outcomes from the MOSAIC International Working Group.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Improving long-term trajectories in very old survivors of intensive care: a narrative review.European geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- A cross-sectional analysis of multidimensional clinical profiles of older adults engaged in structured post-ICU follow-up: age is not the whole story.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Associations among problematic smartphone use, depression, and sleep disturbance in Chinese college students: a three-wave longitudinal study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The preserved role of emotion prediction errors across adulthood.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Emotion regulation variability and flexibility in daily life show distinct associations with well-being, age, and executive functions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- About time? The role of time perspective in the priority for positive over negative emotion in attention.Cognition & emotion · 2026Article
- Objective screen time and smartphone addiction symptoms in defining risky smartphone use: A cross-sectional study of university students.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Age differences in what-if thinking from midlife onwards: Prefrontal contribution and implications for emotional health in late life.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Cue labeling reduces cigarette craving and associated neural activity.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Two-week prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among first-visit general-hospital psychiatric outpatients: a cross-sectional study using the PHQ-9 and EPQ.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The role of situational factors in momentary emotion regulation tactic and acceptance use in adulthood and older age.Psychology and aging · 2026Article
- The Roles of Happiness Motives in Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression: A Longitudinal Study in Emerging Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring Emotion Control and Alexithymia in Autistic Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Consciousness, subjectivity, and aging in western thought.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- The interplay between mental resilience, loneliness, and psychological distress: a cross-sectional study in "Siberia of Greece".Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Resilience, emotion regulation, and interpreting learning engagement: cognitive reappraisal as a mediator rather than expressive suppression.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Older adults report surprisingly positive affective experience. The idea that older adults are better at emotion regulation has emerged as an intuitively appealing explanation for why they report such high levels of affective well-being despite other age-related declines. In this article, I review key theories and current evidence on age differences in the use and effectiveness of emotion-regulation strategies from a range of studies, including laboratory-based and experience sampling. These studies do not yet provide consistent evidence for age differences in emotion regulation and thus do not clearly support the assertion that older adults are better at emotion regulation. However, current approaches may be limited in describing and testing possible age-related changes in emotion regulation. Future work will need to more directly investigate individual trajectories of stability and change in emotion-regulation strategy use and effectiveness over time and also consider the possible roles of context, physiological reactivity, neural changes, acceptance, and personality.
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