Previous research has shown that cognitive creativity decreases in older adulthood. However, the impact of age on emotional creativity remains unknown. The main aim of the present study was to explore how emotional creativity differs across adulthood. A total of 407 participants (251 women, 156 men) consisting of older, midlife and younger adults were administrated the Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI). A hierarchical multiple regression was used to determine whether emotional creativity differed with age. Age was negatively associated with the ECI total score and two components of the ECI, emotional novelty and emotional preparedness. In contrast, emotional effectiveness/authenticity was constant across adulthood. The results indicate that the tendency to think about one’s emotions and to evaluate them as novel and unique decreases with age, whereas the ability to respond effectively in situations requiring novel emotional responses remains relatively intact across adulthood.

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整个成年期的情绪创造力：年龄与情绪创造力呈负相关

先前的研究表明，认知创造力在成年后会下降。然而，年龄对情感创造力的影响仍然未知。本研究的主要目的是探索情绪创造力在成年期有何不同。共有 407 名参与者（251 名女性，156 名男性）接受了情绪创造力量表 (ECI)，其中包括老年人、中年人和年轻人。使用分层多元回归来确定情绪创造力是否随年龄而异。年龄与 ECI 总分和 ECI 的两个组成部分（情绪新奇和情绪准备）呈负相关。相比之下，情绪有效性/真实性在整个成年期都是不变的。结果表明，思考一个人的情绪并将其评价为新颖独特的倾向随着年龄的增长而减少，