title: Emotional complexity in younger, midlife, and older adults.
abstract: Questions pertaining to emotional complexity in adult development are being pursued from a number of vantage points. The current studies sought to clarify the study of emotional complexity by comparing and contrasting 2 dominant perspectives on emotional complexity in different age groups (i.e., covariation and absolute-level approaches). Results indicate that emotional complexity is a multifaceted construct and that methodology will impact substantive findings and developmental trends that emerge from the data. Recommendations and considerations for future research are discussed, including, for example, within- versus cross-domain ideas of emotional complexity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. ready@psych.umass.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ready
authors.forename: Janessa O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Mark I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Weinberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001364:Awareness; D003210:Concept Formation; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D033262:Narration; D055815:Young Adult