Finding the good in the bad: age and event experience relate to the focus on positive aspects of a negative event.

ABSTRACT: All lives contain negative events, but how we think about these events differs across individuals; negative events often include positive details that can be remembered alongside the negative, and the ability to maintain both representations may be beneficial. In a survey examining emotional responses to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, the current study investigated how this ability shifts as a function of age and individual differences in initial experience of the event. Specifically, this study examined how emotional importance (i.e. self-reported emotional arousal and personal significance), involvement (i.e. self and friend/family involvement in the 2013 Boston Marathon and self-involvement in prior marathons), and self-reported surprise upon hearing about the event related to the t

SUBMITTER: Ford JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171359 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature