Emotion regulation, hope, and optimism during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of age and personality.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study examined age-related differences between young and older adults' emotion regulation, hope, and optimism 1 year after the COVID-19 outbreak. Whether personality explained such outcomes was also examined.

Method

A sample of 228 young adults and 161 older adults was interviewed in April-May 2021 to complete questionnaires assessing cognitive reappraisal (CR) and expressive suppression (ES) emotion regulation strategies use, optimism, hope (agency and pathways components), and personality traits.

Results

Older adults reported greater CR and ES use, optimism, and hope-agency levels than young adults, whereas no age differences emerged for hope-pathway scores. Personality traits (more consistently emotional stability) contributed to explaining CR and ES use,

SUBMITTER: Carbone E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10760832 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature