Older adults report high emotional well-being, but age-comparative studies of emotion regulation strategies have not identified systematic age differences. We propose that emotion regulation tactics may be more promising. Emotion regulation tactics involve strategy implementation in a specific situation, and have features shared across strategies involving positive or negative elements (objects/thoughts) in the environment that may be approached or receded from in the regulation attempt (i.e., a valence dimension about the environmental element, and a direction dimension indicating movement toward or away from it). Across several studies, older adults used more positive-approaching than negative-receding tactics. Positive-approaching tactics may also be more effective at regulating mood. We consider implications for aging, as well as group differences in emotion regulation behavior generally.

中文翻译：

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情绪调节策略：理解情绪调节偏好和有效性的年龄（以及其他人与人之间）差异的关键。


老年人的情绪幸福感较高，但情绪调节策略的年龄比较研究尚未发现系统性的年龄差异。我们认为情绪调节策略可能更有前途。情绪调节策略涉及特定情况下的策略实施，并且具有涉及环境中可能在调节尝试中接近或远离的积极或消极元素（物体/想法）的策略之间共享的特征（即关于环境的价维度）。元素，以及指示朝向或远离它的移动的方向尺寸）。在多项研究中，老年人更多地使用积极的接近策略而不是消极的后退策略。积极的策略在调节情绪方面也可能更有效。我们通常考虑对衰老的影响以及情绪调节行为的群体差异。