Interpersonal tensions are more strongly associated with well-being than other types of stressors in late life. Yet, there is little understanding of how older adults' preferences for different emotion regulation strategies may buffer or exacerbate effects of daily interpersonal tensions on emotional well-being. The present study examined links between interpersonal tensions and daily emotional well-being and whether those links were exacerbated or buffered by general emotion regulation strategy preferences. Participants were from the Daily Experiences and Well-Being Study, which included 293 older adults (aged 65 + years old) who completed baseline interviews, followed by 5-6 days of ecological momentary assessments, and a leave-behind questionnaire regarding emotion regulation strategies. Interpersonal tensions predicted poorer emotional well-being throughout the day and even more so for oldest-old individuals (aged 80 +) compared to young-old individuals. The effects of tensions on emotional well-being were attenuated among adults who generally preferred reappraisal and exacerbated among people who generally preferred avoidance. Reappraisal was particularly important for buffering the effects of tensions among individuals with poorer self-reported health. The findings regarding active coping were more nuanced and varied by age. The current study advances previous research on emotion regulation and social relations by examining older adults and revealing that links between interpersonal tensions, emotion regulation strategies, and emotional well-being vary on the basis of age and self-rated health. This study highlights the importance of considering how personal characteristics may shape later-life well-being in the context of coping with interpersonal tensions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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老年人日常人际紧张和幸福感：情绪调节策略的作用。


与晚年其他类型的压力源相比，人际紧张与幸福感的关系更为密切。然而，人们对老年人对不同情绪调节策略的偏好如何缓冲或加剧日常人际紧张对情绪健康的影响知之甚少。本研究探讨了人际紧张与日常情绪健康之间的联系，以及这些联系是否因一般情绪调节策略偏好而加剧或缓冲。参与者来自日常体验和幸福感研究，其中包括 293 名老年人（65 岁以上），他们完成了基线访谈，随后进行了 5-6 天的生态瞬时评估，以及有关情绪调节策略的留守问卷。人际关系紧张预示着全天的情绪健康状况会较差，与年轻的老年人相比，最年长的老年人（80 岁以上）更是如此。紧张对情绪健康的影响在通常倾向于重新评估的成年人中减弱，而在通常倾向于回避的人中加剧。重新评估对于缓冲自我报告健康状况较差的个人的紧张影响尤为重要。关于积极应对的研究结果更加微妙，并且因年龄而异。目前的研究通过对老年人进行研究，揭示了人际紧张、情绪调节策略和情绪健康之间的联系因年龄和自评健康状况而异，从而推进了之前关于情绪调节和社会关系的研究。这项研究强调了在应对人际紧张的背景下考虑个人特征如何塑造晚年福祉的重要性。 （PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2019 APA，保留所有权利）。