Emotional Differences in Young and Older Adults: Films as Mood Induction Procedure

Frontiers in Psychology
Luz Fernández-AguilarJose M Latorre

Abstract

Film clips are proven to be one of the most efficient techniques in emotional induction. However, there is scant literature on the effect of this procedure in older adults and, specifically, the effect of using different positive stimuli. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine emotional differences between young and older adults and to know how a set of film clips works as mood induction procedure in older adults, especially, when trying to elicit attachment-related emotions. To this end, we use this procedure to analyze differences in subjective emotional response between young and older adults. A sample of 57 older adults and 83 young adults watched a film set previously validated in young population. Their responses were studied in an individual laboratory session to elicit 6 target emotions (disgust, fear, sadness, anger, amusement and tenderness) and neutral state. Self-reported emotional experience was measured using the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM). Our results show that film clips are capable of evoking positive and negative emotions in older adults. Furthermore, older adults experienced more intensely negative emotions than young adults, especially in response to disgust and fear clips. They also reported h...Continue Reading

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Feb 26, 2019·Aging Clinical and Experimental Research·L M CarreteroJ J Ricarte
Sep 5, 2020·Scientific Reports·Luz Fernández-AguilarAntonio Fernández-Caballero
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