A Cracked Mirror. Images and Self-Images of Elderly Men and Women in the Netherlands in the Nineteenth Century

Stavenuiter, Monique

doi:10.1353/jsh/29.2.357

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“…Older adults are not only motivated to maintain affective well‐being, but are also adept at doing so because of the experience gained throughout a lifetime of coping with difficult experiences. The notion that accrued life experiences result in increased knowledge and insight would strike many as unsurprising, as images of wise older adults exist in several cultures (Stavenuiter, 1995). Psychologists posit that chronological age is accompanied by increased knowledge (Blanchard‐Fields, 2007), social expertise (Hess & Auman, 2001), and the ability to understand the intentions of others (Happe, Winner, & Brownell, 1998), all of which are hypothesized to contribute to well‐being (Blanchard‐Fields, 2007).…”

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Age Differences in Affective Well‐Being: Context Matters

Charles

Piazza

2009

Social & Personality Psych

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The study of emotion across the adult lifespan requires an understanding of how life circumstances change with age. With this knowledge, we can predict when age is related to increases in affective well-being and when age no longer confers such benefits. In the current paper, we review research that finds age-related stability and even increases in affective well-being, as well as agerelated strengths in several emotion regulation strategies. We introduce the theory of Strength and Vulnerability Integration to predict age-related patterns in emotional experience across the adult lifespan, and to identify situations when age will no longer be related to improved emotionrelated outcomes. We suggest that only by understanding the context of daily life can we predict when and how age is related to affective well-being.Social and Personality Psychology Compass 3/5 (2009):

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Section: What Accounts For Age‐related Strengths?mentioning

confidence: 99%