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DOI: 10.1055/a-2562-8528
Emotionserleben und Emotionsregulation – Wie sich ältere PatientInnen mit psychischen Erkrankungen von gesunden Älteren und jüngeren PatientInnen unterscheiden
Emotional experience and emotion regulation – How older patients with mental illness differ from healthy older and younger patients
Zusammenfassung
Emotionserleben und Emotionsregulation zählen zu den Schwerpunkten der gerontologischen Forschung. Die Bedeutung dieser Themen bei Älteren mit psychischen Erkrankungen ist jedoch wenig untersucht worden. Fragestellung und Methode: In der vorliegenden Studie wurde eine klinische Gruppe älterer PatientInnen (>60Jahre, N=37)) mit dem Fragebogen zu Emotionserleben und Emotionsregulation (EER) untersucht und mit einer klinischen Stichprobe im mittleren Alter (40–60Jahre, N=38) sowie einer gesunden Stichprobe älterer ProbandInnen (>60Jahre, N=46) verglichen. Ergebnisse: Die Ergebnisse bestätigen, dass sich klinisch auffällige Älterer in passiv-negativen Emotionen kaum von jüngeren Patienten unterscheiden, wohl aber in aktiv-negativen Emotionen, die bei älteren Patienten ähnlich gering ausgeprägt sind wie bei gesunden Älteren. Älteren Patienten gelingt es weniger gut, positive Emotionen zu maximieren. Schlussfolgerung: In der Therapie sollte ein besonderer Fokus auf die Reduktion passiv-negativer und die Generierung positiver Emotionen gelegt werden.
Abstract
Emotional experience and emotion regulation are one of the focal points of gerontological research. However, the clinical significance of these issues in older people has been little investigated. Methods: In the present study, a clinical group of elderly patients (>60 years of age) was assessed with the Emotion Experience and Regulation (EER) questionnaire and compared with a middle-aged clinical sample (40–60 years) and a healthy sample of older subjects (>60 years). Results: The results confirm that clinically conspicuous older people hardly differ from younger patients in passive-negative emotions, but do differ in active-negative emotions, which are similarly low in older patients as in healthy older people. Older patients are less successful at maximising positive emotions. Conclusion: In therapy, a special focus should be placed on reducing passive-negative and generating positive emotions.
Schlüsselwörter
Emotionserleben - Emotionsregulation - ältere PatientInnen - psychische ErkrankungenPublication History
Received: 16 September 2024
Accepted: 18 March 2025
Article published online:
25 April 2025
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