The importance of emotional awareness for understanding depression and life satisfaction across the adult lifespan
Eckland, Nathaniel S
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Description
Title
The importance of emotional awareness for understanding depression and life satisfaction across the adult lifespan
Author(s)
Eckland, Nathaniel S
Issue Date
2021-12-01
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Berenbaum, Howard
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Berenbaum, Howard
Committee Member(s)
Roberts, Brent W
Stine-Morrow, Elizabeth
Laurent, Heidemarie K
Hankin, Benjamin L
Department of Study
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Emotion
Depression
Well-Being
Abstract
Traditional views of well-being include the direct experience of emotion, but rarely consider affective factors outside of direct emotional experiences. Emotional awareness involves the meta-cognitive monitoring, evaluation, and judgment one makes about their emotions. To the extent that emotions provide useful information about one’s goals and goal progress, being able to understand that information should facilitate goal attainment and promote psychological well- being and mental health. Therefore, the present research tests ways in which emotional awareness may contribute to psychological well-being across the adult lifespan. Study 1 indicated that emotional and goal clarity are separable constructs both linked to depression and life satisfaction. Furthermore, emotional clarity appears to increase linearly from young adulthood into older adulthood. Study 2 showed that age, depression, and life satisfaction were only weakly associated with emotion differentiation. However, emotion differentiation moderated the links between mean-level affect and psychological well-being outcomes. Implications for aging research and clinical intervention are discussed.
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