Journal
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN
Volume 136, Issue 6, Pages 1068-1091Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0021232
Keywords
emotion; aging; elderly; age differences; well-being
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- National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health [AG023845]
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The following article presents the theoretical model of strength and vulnerability integration (SAVI) to explain factors that influence emotion regulation and emotional well-being across adulthood. The model posits that trajectories of adult development are marked by age-related enhancement in the use of strategies that serve to avoid or limit exposure to negative stimuli but by age-related vulnerabilities in situations that elicit high levels of sustained emotional arousal. When older adults avoid or reduce exposure to emotional distress, they often respond better than younger adults; when they experience high levels of sustained emotional arousal, however, age-related advantages in emotional well-being are attenuated, and older adults are hypothesized to have greater difficulties returning to homeostasis. SAVI provides a testable model to understand the literature on emotion and aging and to predict trajectories of emotional experience across the adult life span.
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