Not to worry: Episodic retrieval impacts emotion regulation in older adults.

ABSTRACT: Interventions that increase the specificity of episodic memory and future-oriented problem solving have been shown to help both young adults and clinical populations regulate their emotions toward potential stressors. However, little is known about how episodic specificity impacts anxiety levels in older adults, who show reduced specificity of episodic memory, future simulation, and problem-solving performance. Although emotion regulation generally improves with age, older adults still experience worries pertaining to their health and interpersonal relationships. The current studies test how episodic specificity affects emotion regulation in older adults. In Experiment 1, participants received an episodic specificity induction (ESI)-brief training in recollecting details of past experience

SUBMITTER: Jing HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature