Mode of social contact is associated with momentary verbal communication of emotion and well-being in older adults.

ABSTRACT: Older adults prioritize emotional well-being in their relationships, but communication of emotion may differ during in-person and phone contact. Older adults (N = 266, aged 65-90) completed ecological momentary assessments (EMA; n = 4,627) reporting their social encounters via different modes of social contact and positive and negative mood every 3 hours. Participants wore a device with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) app which recorded 30 seconds every 7 minutes (n = 104,746 sound files). Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) extracted linguistic features reflecting verbal communication of emotion from the sound file transcriptions. Multilevel models revealed that in-person and phone contact were associated with communicating more positive emotions, and in-person contact wa

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12685741 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature