Adapting to unavoidable loss during adulthood : A thinking-aloud study with video vignettes

John D, Lang F (2012)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Original Authors: Lang Frieder R., John Dennis

Publisher: Hogrefe

Book Volume: 25

Pages Range: 73-82

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000056

Abstract

Older adults are expected to better differentiate functional from dysfunctional ways of dealing with unavoidable loss. We examined whether age-differential effects of strategies on affect could be found in a simulation task concerning unavoidable loss management. In an experimental study, we confronted 83 healthy young, middle-aged, and old adults with video vignettes of a person suffering from multiple sclerosis. Participants engaged in a thinking-aloud task on managing their life after learning about the fictitious diagnosis. Only the older participants' striving for improvement was associated with an increase in negative affect after the thinking-aloud task, whereas their reorientation strategies led to enhanced affective well-being. Findings revealed age-differential effects of mentally simulating unavoidable loss. © 2012 Hogrefe Publishing.

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APA:

John, D., & Lang, F. (2012). Adapting to unavoidable loss during adulthood : A thinking-aloud study with video vignettes. GeroPsych, 25(2), 73-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000056

MLA:

John, Dennis, and Frieder Lang. "Adapting to unavoidable loss during adulthood : A thinking-aloud study with video vignettes." GeroPsych 25.2 (2012): 73-82.

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