Older people experience more positive and less negative emotions during the pandemic

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938062

 

 News Release 15-Dec-2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Universiteit van Amsterdam

 

Getting old is usually seen as unappealing, but ageing in fact has some positive effects. One of the advantages of getting old is feeling better. Older people generally experience more positive and less negative emotions than younger people. In a new study published in Psychological Science, Rui Sun and Disa Sauter from the University of Amsterdam tested whether this advantage of older people would also hold during the Covid-19 pandemic. They found that even during the difficult conditions of this crisis, older people are on average emotionally better off than younger people.

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