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PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 159-164Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.20.1.159
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- NIA NIH HHS [R03 1AG19387-01] Funding Source: Medline
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The present study examined age differences in emotion heterogeneity, defined as the experience of co-occurring negative emotions. Younger and older European American and Mexican American participants (N = 183) viewed film clips depicting scenes of injustice. Younger adults were more likely to report a single primary negative emotion, whereas older adults reported greater emotion heterogeneity, a finding consistent across gender and ethnicity. In addition, greater emotion heterogeneity was related to a greater number of life experiences. Future directions concerning the meaning of and possible implications for this age difference are discussed.
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