Positivity in Younger and in Older Age: Associations With Future Time Perspective and Socioemotional Functioning.

ABSTRACT: Aging has been associated with a motivational shift to positive over negative information (i.e., positivity effect), which is often explained by a limited future time perspective (FTP) within the framework of socioemotional selectivity theory (SST). However, whether a limited FTP functions similarly in younger and older adults, and whether inter-individual differences in socioemotional functioning are similarly associated with preference for positive information (i.e., positivity) is still not clear. We investigated younger (20-35 years, N = 73) and older (60-75 years, N = 56) adults' gaze preferences on pairs of happy, angry, sad, and neutral faces using an eye-tracking system. We additionally assessed several parameters potentially underlying inter-individual differences in

SUBMITTER: Erbey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7705101 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature