Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and the Regulation of Emotion in the Second Half of Life

By L. Carstensen, H. Fung, S. Charles. 2003

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Subfields: Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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Strategic HRM in North America: looking to the future (2008, neutral): “For example, Carstensen ( 1998 ) in his socio-emotional selectivity theory argues that ‘age is associated with increasing motivation to derive emotional meaning from life and decreasing motivation to expand one's horizons’ (Carstensen, Fung and Charles 2003 , p.”
Emotion Regulation in Older Age (2010, background): “As may be seen by the size of the ovals, older adults may receive more encouragement from others to get involved in positive situations than do younger adults because they have a smaller but closer social network (Carstensen et al., 2003).”
A snapshot of the age distribution of psychological well-being in the United States (2010, background): “’s (13) socioemotional selectivity theory, wherein older people have an increased ability to self-regulate their emotions and view their situations positively.”
The psychology of emotion regulation: An integrative review (2009, background): “Indeed, emotion-regulatory competencies may be improved through directed exercises (Brown et al, 2007 ; Dandeneau et al, 2007 ; Serrano, Latorre, Gatz, & Montanes, 2004 ) and may continue to develop even into old age (Carstensen et al, 2003 ).”
Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging (2008, background): “This work was based on the idea that older adults have preserved positive affective experience relative to younger adults but reduced sensitivity to negative affect (Carstensen et al. 2003), so that their anticipatory responses to gains (representing positive affect) would be the same, but age diffe”
Understanding the Processes that Regulate Positive Emotional Experience: Unsolved Problems and Future Directions for Theory and Research on Savoring (2011, result): “Consistent with this reasoning, Carstensen et al. (2003) have argued that, ‚it is precisely a sense of anticipated ending that makes old age emotionally meaningful.”
Aging and the Intersection of Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion (2006, background): “, 1999), whereas emotional content that appeals strongly to the emotion regulatory goals of older individuals appears to improve performance (Carstensen et al., 2003).”