Optimism, Daily Stressors, and Emotional Well-Being Over Two Decades in a Cohort of Aging Men.
Lewina O LeeFrancine GrodsteinClaudia Trudel-FitzgeraldPeter JamesSakurako S OkuzonoHayami K KogaJoel SchwartzAvron SpiroDaniel K MroczekLaura D KubzanskyPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2022)
Findings from a sample of older men suggest that optimism may be associated with more favorable emotional well-being in later life through differences in stressor exposure rather than emotional stress response. Optimism may preserve emotional well-being among older adults by engaging emotion regulation strategies that occur relatively early in the emotion-generative process.