My Problems Are Solvable: Idiographic Methods Offset Age Differences in Interpersonal Problem Solving Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults

Artistico, Daniele; Cervone, Daniel; Garcia, Carolina Montes

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00276

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“…Instead, they might opt to engage only in physical and mental activities that they deem manageable at their current level of functioning and that are personally relevant to them. The present findings align with propositions that older adults maintain a high level of functioning in settings that are important to them (Artistico, Cervone, & Garcia, 2019;Baltes, 1987;Blanchard-Fields, 2007;Cornelius & Caspi, 1987), perhaps owing to enhanced pragmatic wisdom in handling everyday life challenges (Baltes & Staudinger, 2000).…”

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More or less energy with age? A motivational life-span perspective on subjective energy, exhaustion, and opportunity costs.

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2020

Psychology and Aging

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Two studies investigated subjective conceptualizations of energy for goal pursuit across adulthood. Study 1 (N ϭ 276, 20 -92 years of age) explored age-related differences in the (a) endorsement of a limited versus nonlimited account of energy for goal pursuit, (b) amount of energy available for physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally demanding activities, and (c) extent to which spending energy on a demanding activity inhibits or facilitates energy expenditure for subsequent activities, both within and across functional domains. Study 2 (N ϭ 147, 18 -86 years of age) experimentally induced energy loss through a 20-min physical exercise and examined age-related differences in the increase of subjective exhaustion and opportunity costs as a motivational cue for goal disengagement. With increasing age, adults more strongly endorsed a nonlimited account of energy and perceived having more energy available for personally relevant social activities. However, older adults also reported higher negative cross-domain energy spillover after physical exertion. Multilevel growth curve models further revealed that, compared with younger adults, older adults reported a steeper initial increase in exhaustion and opportunity costs during physical exercise, but converged with the younger age groups again at the close of the exercise session. The discussion centers around the importance of selectivity in older adulthood and motivational accounts of effort and exhaustion.

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Section: Age-related Differences In Subjective Energy Availability Va...supporting

confidence: 87%

More or less energy with age? A motivational life-span perspective on subjective energy, exhaustion, and opportunity costs.

Cardini¹,

Freund²

2020

Psychology and Aging

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“…Cervone, 1997;Orom & Cervone, 2009)? 4) How can the model be put to use in understanding individuals and groups facing distinctive challenges such addictions (Cervone et al, 2007(Cervone et al, , 2008; also see Shadel & Cervone, 2011) or the challenges of higher education (Cervone et al, 2020) or older adulthood (Artistico et al, 2019)?…”

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Five paths to personality coherence: Integrative implications of the Knowledge-and-Appraisal Personality Architecture

Cervone

2021

Eur J Pers

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The study of personality coherence can be grounded in an analysis of personality architecture, that is, the overall structure and dynamics of intra-individual personality systems. A personality architecture can identify, and organize the study of, interrelated phenomena that each are instances of personality coherence. It thereby can provide an integrative framework for understanding relations among distinct lines of research. This thesis is advanced by drawing on the Knowledge-and-Appraisal Personality Architecture, or KAPA model. KAPA model principles distinguish among three classes of social-cognitive knowledge structures: beliefs, goals, and evaluative standards. These distinctions, in turn, provide a foundation for understanding five aspects of personality coherence: 1) Belief-Based Coherence, 2) Goal-Based Coherence, 3) Evaluative Standards-Based Coherence, 4) Intra-Psychic Coherence (that is, coherent functional interrelations among personality systems), and 5) Phenomenological Coherence. Research documenting each of these five paths to personality coherence is reviewed. The paper also reviews the strengths and limitations of 20th-century social-cognitive formulations that provide key foundations for the KAPA model.

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“…For purposes of this article, problem-solving is defined as the ability to assess, define, find solutions, set goals, and evaluate outcomes (Artistico et al, 2019). It requires the use of cognitive domains mediated through emotional and social contexts to develop solutions that achieve a desired goal (Artistico et al, 2010).…”

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The realities of problem‐solving for emerging‐adult siblings of individuals with schizophrenia

2023

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ObjectiveThis researchers examined how emerging‐adult siblings of people with schizophrenia navigate problem‐solving and decision‐making.BackgroundNavigating more complex problems is a critical part of emerging adult development, although it can be complicated by stress, conflict, lack of self‐efficacy, and lack of family support. Understanding the development of problem‐solving and decision‐making of emerging‐adult siblings of people with schizophrenia development of these key competencies can aid in understanding how they navigate adulthood while contending with a stressful family environment.MethodIn‐depth interviews with 23 individuals between 18 and 30 years of age were conducted to explore problem‐solving, decision‐making, and family relationships.ResultsFindings suggest that participants who had supportive family or romantic relationships felt as if they were able to resolve their problems. They were likely to use cognitive strategies or advice from other people to resolve their issues. Participants who experienced a lack of support appeared to have more difficulty problem‐solving and decision‐making.ConclusionEmerging‐adult siblings of individuals with schizophrenia who had adequate family or spousal/partner support reported being more successful in formulating a problem‐solving strategy than participants as opposed to those who felt more isolated.ImplicationsThe study has implications for future researchers, such as the examination of other developmental stages and the need to examine why some emerging‐adult siblings were able to develop supportive romantic relationships more easily than participants who had similarly conflictual or ambivalent familial relationships.

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My Problems Are Solvable: Idiographic Methods Offset Age Differences in Interpersonal Problem Solving Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults

Cited by 5 publications

References 43 publications

More or less energy with age? A motivational life-span perspective on subjective energy, exhaustion, and opportunity costs.

More or less energy with age? A motivational life-span perspective on subjective energy, exhaustion, and opportunity costs.

Five paths to personality coherence: Integrative implications of the Knowledge-and-Appraisal Personality Architecture

The realities of problem‐solving for emerging‐adult siblings of individuals with schizophrenia

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