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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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“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].”
From Procrastination, Distress and Life Satisfaction across the Age Range – A German Representative Community Study (2016) · cites this paper as [34]
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“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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Metadata
- 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 › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › 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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