Emotional complexity and its effect on psychological distress as a function of chronological age and subjective distance-to-death

Shrira, Amit; Bodner, Ehud; Palgi, Yuval

doi:10.1080/13607863.2014.995592

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“…The sample (Shrira, Bodner, & Palgi, 2014) included 188 adults (mean age = 57.84, SD = 17.68, range = 29-100). Half of the sample included females (50.3%) and most respondents had an abovehigh-school or academic education (58.5%), were married (66.3%) and reported good to very good health (65.2%).…”

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Anxieties about aging and death and psychological distress: The protective role of emotional complexity

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Personality and Individual Differences

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Anxieties about aging and death and psychological distress: The protective role of emotional complexity

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“…Earlier evidence focusing on emotional complexity provided inconsistent evidence about whether more complex emotional experiences were related to better psychological adjustment (Brose et al, 2015;Labouvie-Vief & Medler, 2002;Ramsey et al, 2016;Scott et al, 2014;Shrira et al, 2015). However, methodological issues in the operationalization of mixed emotions in many of these studies limit their conclusiveness.…”

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Specificity in the Study of Mixed Emotions: A Theoretical Framework

Tong

2022

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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Research on mixed emotions is yet to consider emotion-specificity, the idea that same-valenced emotions have distinctive characteristics and functions. We review two decades of research on mixed emotions, focusing on evidence for the occurrence of mixed emotions and the effects of mixed emotions on downstream outcomes. We then propose a novel theoretical framework of mixed-emotion-specificity with three foundational tenets: (a) Mixed emotions are distinguishable from single-valenced emotions and other mixed emotions based on their emotion-appraisal relationships; (b) Mixed emotions can further be characterized by four patterns that describe relationships between simultaneous appraisals or appraisals that are unique to mixed emotions; and (c) Carryover effects occur only on outcomes that are associated with the appraisal characteristics of mixed emotion. We outline how mixed-emotion-specific effects can be predicted based on the appraisal tendency framework. Temporal dynamics, the application of mixed-emotion-specificity to individual difference research, methodological issues, and future directions are also discussed.

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“…Participants in Sample 1 were part of a larger research study that examined VoA and well-being in adults over the age of 29 (Bodner et al, 2021;Shrira et al, 2015Shrira et al, , 2020. Research assistants approached eligible participants by means such as snowball sampling and through online social media platforms.…”

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The Association Between Views of Aging and Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Older Adults: Findings From Two Samples

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This cross-sectional study examined whether views of aging (VoA) relate to subjective cognitive complaints in two separate cohorts of older adults. Ageist attitudes, attitudes to aging (psychological loss, physical change, and psychological growth), subjective age, and subjective successful aging were examined. A moderating effect of chronological age was also examined. Samples included 572 adults aged 50 or older (Sample 1; mean age = 67.63, SD = 11.39, 49.4% female) and 224 adults aged 65 or older (Sample 2; mean age = 81.50, SD = 6.61, 75.3% female). More negative VoA (higher ageist attitudes, lower psychological growth, lower physical change, older subjective age, and less successful aging) were associated with more subjective cognitive complaints after controlling for covariates. An increase in chronological age strengthened some of these associations. Findings suggest that improving dimensions of VoA may have a complementary positive effect on subjective cognitive complaints in older adults.

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Emotional complexity and its effect on psychological distress as a function of chronological age and subjective distance-to-death

Abstract: Results suggest that when death is perceived to be nearer, emotional complexity is hampered, yet becomes relevant in buffering psychological distress.

Cited by 15 publications

References 35 publications

Anxieties about aging and death and psychological distress: The protective role of emotional complexity

Anxieties about aging and death and psychological distress: The protective role of emotional complexity

Specificity in the Study of Mixed Emotions: A Theoretical Framework

The Association Between Views of Aging and Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Older Adults: Findings From Two Samples

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