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Fewer Ups and Downs: Daily Stressors Mediate Age Differences in Negative Affect

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  • Susan Turk Charles
  • Gloria Luong
  • David M. Almeida
  • Carol Ryff
  • Maggie Sturm
  • Gayle Love

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The current study examined age differences in daily stressors, positive events (uplifts), and their associations with emotional experience among healthy older women. Women (N = 101, 63--93 years old) reported their daily experiences across 1 week. Older age was related to fewer stressors and less frequent negative affect. However, the association between negative affect and age was no longer significant after accounting for the occurrence of daily stressors. Older age was not significantly related to positive affect, although positive uplifts were reported less frequently with age. Findings provide a contextual explanation for emotional experience in very late life, where reduced exposure to stressors partially explains age-related reductions in negative affect. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press.

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  • Susan Turk Charles & Gloria Luong & David M. Almeida & Carol Ryff & Maggie Sturm & Gayle Love, 2010. "Fewer Ups and Downs: Daily Stressors Mediate Age Differences in Negative Affect," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 65(3), pages 279-286.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:65b:y:2010:i:3:p:279-286
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    1. Daniel Hurley & Paul Kwon, 2013. "Savoring Helps Most When You Have Little: Interaction Between Savoring the Moment and Uplifts on Positive Affect and Satisfaction with Life," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 1261-1271, August.
    2. Alexandra Marques-Pinto & Sofia Oliveira & Andrea Santos & Cláudia Camacho & Débora Pires Silva & Mónica Sofia Pereira, 2020. "Does Our Age Affect the Way we Live? A Study on Savoring Strategies Across the Life Span," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 1509-1528, April.
    3. An K. Raes & Lynn Bruyneel & Tom Loeys & Beatrijs Moerkerke & Rudi De Raedt, 2015. "Mindful Attention and Awareness Mediate the Association Between Age and Negative Affect," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 70(2), pages 179-188.
    4. Yuval Palgi, 2013. "Ongoing Cumulative Chronic Stressors as Predictors of Well-Being in the Second Half of Life," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 1127-1144, August.

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