Daily Control Diversity Across Adulthood and Old Age: Nature and Associations With Affect and Stressor Reactivity
Year: 2018
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Domain-specific control beliefs buffer the influence stressors have on people’s negative affect (stressor-reactivity). However, little is known about the extent to which individuals’ daily control beliefs are spread across domains (i.e., control diversity) and whether control diversity is adaptive. To examine these questions, we apply multilevel modeling to daily diary data from the National Survey of Daily Experiences (N=2,022; mean age=56; 33–84; 57% women). Results indicate that above and beyond average control, people with more control diversity reported more negative affect and evidenced greater stressor reactivity compared to people with less control diversity. Although older adults’ control is spread across fewer domains than middle-aged and younger adults’ control, there was no evidence of age-differences in how control diversity relates to negative affect and stressor reactivity. Findings suggest that daily control diversity provides unique insights into how control beliefs change across adulthood and old age and contribute to affective well-being.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: J Drewelies, R Koffer, N Ram, D Almeida, D Gerstorf
Institutions: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Pennsylvania State University
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2900284986