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Emotion regulation across the lifespan: Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries

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Emotion regulation across the lifespan: Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries. / Dworakowski, Olenka; Huber, Zilla M.; Meier, Tabea et al.
In: Aging and Mental Health, 11.09.2021.

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Dworakowski, O, Huber, ZM, Meier, T, Boyd, RL & Horn, AB 2021, 'Emotion regulation across the lifespan: Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries', Aging and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1972933

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Dworakowski, O., Huber, Z. M., Meier, T., Boyd, R. L., & Horn, A. B. (2021). Emotion regulation across the lifespan: Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries. Aging and Mental Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1972933

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Dworakowski O, Huber ZM, Meier T, Boyd RL, Horn AB. Emotion regulation across the lifespan: Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries. Aging and Mental Health. 2021 Sept 11. Epub 2021 Sept 11. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1972933

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Dworakowski, Olenka ; Huber, Zilla M. ; Meier, Tabea et al. / Emotion regulation across the lifespan : Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries. In: Aging and Mental Health. 2021.

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title = "Emotion regulation across the lifespan: Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries",
abstract = "Objectives:Studies have shown age differences in adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the processes explaining these age differences remain unclear. Intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation – such as ruminative brooding and co-brooding - play an important role in psycho-social adjustment and develop across the life-span. This study aims at investigating COVID-19-related adjustment disorder symptoms in relation to age and whether this relation can be explained by age-differences in rumination in a multi-national sample. As a second research goal, linguistic indicators of ruminative processing when writing about the pandemic will be examined with reference to age.Methods: N = 1401 participants (from USA, UK, Switzerland, and Germany, aged 18-88) filled out an online survey and completed a writing task. Measures include brooding, co-brooding, adjustment disorder symptoms, and language indicators of negative self-focus and communal focus while writing down thoughts and feelings regarding the pandemic. Findings:Older participants reported less adjustment disorder symptoms which was mediated by less (co-)brooding. Participants who reported more (co-)brooding wrote about COVID-19 more negatively. While in younger adults (age 18-40) more self-focus was associated with higher ruminative brooding, in older adults (age 59-88) it was associated with less maladaptive emotion regulation.Discussion:These findings contribute to a better understanding of regulatory mechanisms that help explain age differences in mental health. They warrant further research considering age-related differences, as our results suggest not only more adaptive emotion regulation as a resilience factor in older individuals, but also different qualities of self-focus while processing stressful events across the lifespan. ",
author = "Olenka Dworakowski and Huber, {Zilla M.} and Tabea Meier and Boyd, {Ryan L} and Horn, {Andrea B.}",
note = "This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Aging and Mental Health on 11/09/2021, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13607863.2021.1972933",
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T1 - Emotion regulation across the lifespan

T2 - Age differences in the intra- and interpersonal strategies for adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in four countries

AU - Dworakowski, Olenka

AU - Huber, Zilla M.

AU - Meier, Tabea

AU - Boyd, Ryan L

AU - Horn, Andrea B.

N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Aging and Mental Health on 11/09/2021, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13607863.2021.1972933

PY - 2021/9/11

Y1 - 2021/9/11

N2 - Objectives:Studies have shown age differences in adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the processes explaining these age differences remain unclear. Intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation – such as ruminative brooding and co-brooding - play an important role in psycho-social adjustment and develop across the life-span. This study aims at investigating COVID-19-related adjustment disorder symptoms in relation to age and whether this relation can be explained by age-differences in rumination in a multi-national sample. As a second research goal, linguistic indicators of ruminative processing when writing about the pandemic will be examined with reference to age.Methods: N = 1401 participants (from USA, UK, Switzerland, and Germany, aged 18-88) filled out an online survey and completed a writing task. Measures include brooding, co-brooding, adjustment disorder symptoms, and language indicators of negative self-focus and communal focus while writing down thoughts and feelings regarding the pandemic. Findings:Older participants reported less adjustment disorder symptoms which was mediated by less (co-)brooding. Participants who reported more (co-)brooding wrote about COVID-19 more negatively. While in younger adults (age 18-40) more self-focus was associated with higher ruminative brooding, in older adults (age 59-88) it was associated with less maladaptive emotion regulation.Discussion:These findings contribute to a better understanding of regulatory mechanisms that help explain age differences in mental health. They warrant further research considering age-related differences, as our results suggest not only more adaptive emotion regulation as a resilience factor in older individuals, but also different qualities of self-focus while processing stressful events across the lifespan.

AB - Objectives:Studies have shown age differences in adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the processes explaining these age differences remain unclear. Intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation – such as ruminative brooding and co-brooding - play an important role in psycho-social adjustment and develop across the life-span. This study aims at investigating COVID-19-related adjustment disorder symptoms in relation to age and whether this relation can be explained by age-differences in rumination in a multi-national sample. As a second research goal, linguistic indicators of ruminative processing when writing about the pandemic will be examined with reference to age.Methods: N = 1401 participants (from USA, UK, Switzerland, and Germany, aged 18-88) filled out an online survey and completed a writing task. Measures include brooding, co-brooding, adjustment disorder symptoms, and language indicators of negative self-focus and communal focus while writing down thoughts and feelings regarding the pandemic. Findings:Older participants reported less adjustment disorder symptoms which was mediated by less (co-)brooding. Participants who reported more (co-)brooding wrote about COVID-19 more negatively. While in younger adults (age 18-40) more self-focus was associated with higher ruminative brooding, in older adults (age 59-88) it was associated with less maladaptive emotion regulation.Discussion:These findings contribute to a better understanding of regulatory mechanisms that help explain age differences in mental health. They warrant further research considering age-related differences, as our results suggest not only more adaptive emotion regulation as a resilience factor in older individuals, but also different qualities of self-focus while processing stressful events across the lifespan.

U2 - 10.1080/13607863.2021.1972933

DO - 10.1080/13607863.2021.1972933

M3 - Journal article

JO - Aging and Mental Health

JF - Aging and Mental Health

SN - 1360-7863

ER -