TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional complexity and its effect on psychological distress as a function of chronological age and subjective distance-To-death
AU - Shrira, Amit
AU - Bodner, Ehud
AU - Palgi, Yuval
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/12/2
Y1 - 2015/12/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Chronological age
KW - Emotional complexity
KW - Psychological distress
KW - Subjective distance-To-death
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U2 - 10.1080/13607863.2014.995592
DO - 10.1080/13607863.2014.995592
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C2 - 25559713
SN - 1360-7863
VL - 19
SP - 1056
EP - 1062
JO - Aging and Mental Health
JF - Aging and Mental Health
IS - 12
ER -