Relationship of events and affect in the daily life of an elderly population

Article Abstract:

Analysis of the association between emotional well-being and positive, negative episodes in depressed and nondepressed nursing home residents revealed that variations in daily life were linked to the residents' affect. Elimination of residential and psychopathological effects resulted in a sustained correspondence between mood and event valence. The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Positive and Negative Affect rating scales were used in the study.

Research, Affect (Psychology)

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Age differences in conversational source monitoring

Article Abstract:

A study, wherein participants fulfilled the roles of interviewers, interviewees and passive listeners to others exchanging information, revealed that conversational source monitoring capacity decreased with age. Geriatric subjects displayed poor skills in screening external sources and in reality monitoring.

Analysis, Cognition in old age, Old age cognition

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