biostudies-literatureStawski RSNICHD NIH HHSNCATS NIH HHSBasic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Opportunity NetworkACF HHSNIA NIH HHSGallup OrganizationNHLBI NIH HHSNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNational Center for Advancing Translational ScienceNational Institutes of HealthNational Institute on AgingCzap FoundationWilliam T. Grant FoundationLeonard and Sylvia Marx FoundationAdministration for Children and FamiliesNational Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on AgingNIOSH CDC HHSAlfred P. Sloan FoundationBasic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Opportunity Network (OppNet)National Institute of Child Health and Human Development91-105https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6367015biostudies-literatureUnknown34(1)Advancing age is often characterized by preserved or even enhanced emotion regulation, which is thought to manifest in terms of age-related reductions in the within-person association between stressors and negative affect. Existing research from ecological momentary assessment and end-of-day daily diary studies examining such age-related benefits have yielded mixed results, potentially due to differences in samples, design, and measurement of everyday stressors and negative affect. We conducted a coordinated analysis of 5 ecological momentary assessments and 2 end-of-day daily diary studies to examine adult age differences in the within-person association between everyday stressors and negative affect. Reported stressor occurrences are robustly associated with higher negative affect, regardless of study design and sample characteristics. Across studies, interactions between age and everyday stressors predicting negative affect revealed a pattern of age-related decreases in the stressor-negative affect association, but this interaction was only significant for 2 studies. Further, examination of statistical power of the included studies suggests that, despite differences in the number of repeated assessments, power to detect within-person stressor-negative affect associations is quite good. In contrast, despite possessing wider age ranges, observed age differences were relatively small in magnitude, and studies are potentially underpowered to detect age differences in these within-person associations. We discuss the importance of study design, interval of repeated assessments and number of participants for examining age differences in everyday stressors and negative affect, as well as the virtue of coordinated analyses for detecting consistent direction of associations, but inconsistent patterns of statistical significance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).Psychology and agingAge differences in everyday stressor-related negative affect: A coordinated analysis.PMC6367015R01 AG039409R01 HL109340UH2 AG052167R01 HL107240UL1 TR002556UH2AG052167U01 HD051217; U01 HD051218; U01 HD051256; U01 HD051276; U01 AG027669; U01 OH008788; U01 HD059773; R01 HL107240U19 AG051426P01 AG020166U01 AG027669R01 AG047154UL1 TR001073U01 HD059773UH3 AG052167U01 HD051276P01 AG003949U01 HD051256R01 AG026728R01 AG019239U01 HD051217P01 AG020166; R01 AG019239U01 HD051218R01 AG039409; R01 AG042595; P01 AG03949; 1UL1TR001073U01 OH008788R01 HL067990R01 AG042595Almeida DMSliwinski MJSmyth JMZawadzki MJMarcusson-Clavertz DKim JGreen PAScott SBStawski RSLanza STfalseAge differences in everyday stressor-related negative affect: A coordinated analysis.Advancing age is often characterized by preserved or even enhanced emotion regulation, which is thought to manifest in terms of age-related reductions in the within-person association between stressors and negative affect. Existing research from ecological momentary assessment and end-of-day daily diary studies examining such age-related benefits have yielded mixed results, potentially due to differences in samples, design, and measurement of everyday stressors and negative affect. We conducted a coordinated analysis of 5 ecological momentary assessments and 2 end-of-day daily diary studies to examine adult age differences in the within-person association between everyday stressors and negative affect. Reported stressor occurrences are robustly associated with higher negative affect, regardless of study design and sample characteristics. Across studies, interactions between age and everyday stressors predicting negative affect revealed a pattern of age-related decreases in the stressor-negative affect association, but this interaction was only significant for 2 studies. Further, examination of statistical power of the included studies suggests that, despite differences in the number of repeated assessments, power to detect within-person stressor-negative affect associations is quite good. In contrast, despite possessing wider age ranges, observed age differences were relatively small in magnitude, and studies are potentially underpowered to detect age differences in these within-person associations. We discuss the importance of study design, interval of repeated assessments and number of participants for examining age differences in everyday stressors and negative affect, as well as the virtue of coordinated analyses for detecting consistent direction of associations, but inconsistent patterns of statistical significance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).2019-01-01T00:00:00Z2019 Feb2025-04-21T15:03:35.977Z2020-10-04T07:24:35ZS-EPMC63670153055031110.1037/pag0000309