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Affect and Emotion Regulation in Aging Workers

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Affect regulation; Core affect; Emotion management; Emotional intelligence; Emotional labor; Mood

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Affect (mood, emotions) denotes a person’s neurophysiological state characterized by a particular valence and activation level, such as pleasure or displeasure, arousal, or relaxation. Affect can be influenced by emotion regulation, describing the process by which a person shapes the nature, intensity, or duration of emotional experience and/or expression.

Affect and Emotion Regulation in Aging Workers

Affect and emotion regulation are centrally involved in effective functioning in work settings, shaping a wide variety of organizational behaviors and outcomes (Barsade and Gibson 2007). Affect and emotion regulation also undergo substantial systematic (and mostly positive) changes as employees age (Scheibe and Carstensen 2010). Knowledge about age differences in affect and emotion regulation is therefore critical for researchers, managers, and employees.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Susanne Scheibe, Barbara Wisse & Anika Schulz

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Scheibe, S., Wisse, B., Schulz, A. (2017). Affect and Emotion Regulation in Aging Workers. In: Pachana, N.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_32

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