The Effects of Emotion Coping Style and Emotion Awareness on the Subjective Well-Being in Later Life

유경; 민경환

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The Effects of Emotion Coping Style and Emotion Awareness on the Subjective Well-Being in Later Life

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;

2005, v.19 no.4, pp.1-18

& (2005). The Effects of Emotion Coping Style and Emotion Awareness on the Subjective Well-Being in Later Life. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 19(4), 1-18.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of emotion coping style and emotion awareness on subjective well-being in later life. Participants fell into three age groups (Elderly N=187, Middle-aged N=245, Young N=238). To investigate the emotion coping styles used in later life, scales measuring coping styles were developed and age differences were examined. Compared to other age groups, the elderly group did not show any differences in using problem focused coping and cognitive coping. They did, however, use self-defensive coping more often than others. We also examined age differences in emotion awareness. Compared to other age groups, the elderly group was higher in mood repair, the middle-aged group was higher in emotional clarity, and the young youth group was higher in attention to emotion. We examined the effect of emotion coping style and emotion awareness on the subjective well-being using structural equation modeling. We found self-defensive coping and mood repair played important roles in maintaining subjective well-being in old age. The implications of using self-defensive coping and mood repair were discussed in terms of 'self-protective approach to emotion' in later life. Finally, the contributions and limitations of the current study was also discussed.

keywords: 문제중심적 대처, 자기방어적 대처, 정서개선, 정서대처양식, 정서인식, 주관적 안녕감, Coping style, Emotion awareness, Mood repair, Problem-focused coping, Self-defensive coping, Subjective well-being

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