Humanity in Psychology by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783031306402
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Socioemotional Selectivity

This leads us to a further theme: the importance of goals and expectations in social relations (see, e.g., Freund, 2017). Different goals of younger and older people are stated in De Beauvoir’s quote: “And this is why he appears to active individuals as a “foreign species” in which they don’t recognize themselves.” In fact, different goals have been described that trigger the preferences of older compared to younger people in their choice and regulation of social relations. Carstensen and colleagues (Carstensen et al., 1999) note in their socioemotional selectivity theory that goals in social relations change depending on the future time perspective of an individual. Hence, whereas younger people according to the theory are more interested in making new acquaintances and acquiring new knowledge, older people focus more on the emotional value of their social relationships. Their goal is emotion regulation to enhance their well-being. They invest thus more effort in strengthening already existing social relations.

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