Emotional complexity and its effect on psychological distress as a function of chronological age and subjective distance-To-death

Amit Shrira; Ehud Bodner; Yuval Palgi

doi:10.1080/13607863.2014.995592

Emotional complexity and its effect on psychological distress as a function of chronological age and subjective distance-To-death

Amit Shrira, Ehud Bodner, Yuval Palgi

University of Haifa

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Objectives: In light of mixed evidence regarding the associations between age, emotional complexity, and psychological distress, this study examined emotional complexity and its effect on psychological distress as a function of age and subjective distance-To-death.Method: A sample of 188 participants (age range = 29-100) rated their subjective distance-To-death and psychological distress, and reported their emotions across 14 days.Results: Emotional complexity was unrelated to age, but negatively related to feeling closer to death. Moreover, emotional complexity was negatively related to psychological distress among those feeling closer to death.Conclusion: Results suggest that when death is perceived to be nearer, emotional complexity is hampered, yet becomes relevant in buffering psychological distress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1056-1062
Number of pages	7
Journal	Aging and Mental Health
Volume	19
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.995592
State	Published - 2 Dec 2015

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Chronological age
Emotional complexity
Psychological distress
Subjective distance-To-death

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