Everyday Problem Solving and Emotion: An Adult Developmental Perspective
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Despite cognitive declines that occur with aging, older adults solve emotionally salient and interpersonal problems in more effective ways than young adults do. I review evidence suggesting that older adults (a) tailor their strategies to the contextual features of the problem and (b) effectively use a combination of instrumental and emotion-regulation strategies. I identify factors of problem-solving contexts that affect what types of problem-solving strategies will be effective. Finally, I discuss how this identification of factors affects what we know about developmental differences in everyday problem-solving competence.
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Older adults use more effective and content specific problem solving strategies than young adults, leading to less procrastination compared to less appropriate strategies such as an avoidant problem solving style.
“A further explanation for our finding might be that older adults use more effective and content specific problem solving strategies than young adults [34] leading to less procrastination compared to less appropriate strategies e.g. an avoidant problem solving style [35].”
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Older Adults improve their ability to solve problems, including emotional ones.
“Fourthly, these differences might also be explained by the fact that Older Adults improve their ability to solve problems, including emotional ones [51,52].”
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- Authors
- Blanchard-Fields, F.
- Affiliations
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-02
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 26-31
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W2131356401
- Cited by
- 493
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 47 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 32
- FWCI
- 31.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Problem Solving Skills Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- everyday problem solving, emotion regulation, older adults, aging, cognitive decline, interpersonal problems, problem-solving strategies, developmental differences, contextual factors
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