This study examines intra- and interindividual differences in everyday goal pursuit older adults focusing on the role of emotions representations. Assuming a prioritization self-preservation old age, we expected that reduced negative (and elevated positive) would be associated with increased pursuit. These links were to moderated by representations such positive more strongly linked greater when goals represented as hopes, whereas less fears. We used up 21 surveys from 236 individuals...

Abstract This study investigated how time to oneself (solitude) is experienced under conditions of extended togetherness with household members during the pandemic. Both structural (living arrangements) and qualitative characteristics (relationship quality conflict) were examined for their association solitude desire daily solitude–affect links. We expected that people living others those more high‐quality as well conflictual relationships would report better affect when experiencing...

Physical activity is a behavior that promotes physical and mental health; yet has decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. To promote health times of challenge, it important to identify potential barriers this key behavior, such as loneliness. This brief report extends previous research on loneliness mainly focused between-person differences examine their time-varying associations at within-person level using repeated daily life assessments. From April 2020 August 2020, data were collected...

Abstract This article uses a mixed-methods approach combining historical inquiry and quantitative science mapping techniques to examine the expanding reach of somatotype body measurement classification system, based on posture photography anthropometric measurements, well into twenty-first century. It illuminates persistence deterministic thinking about relationships between physique athletic ability in physical education sports science, as how these views evolve. While William Sheldon,...

Abstract Older adults spend significant time by themselves, especially since COVID‐19. Solitude has been associated with positive and negative outcomes. Partners need to balance social connectedness for one's own needs. This project examines how individual partner solitude are daily affect relationship quality in dyads of older a close other. One‐hundred thirty‐six plus other rated their reported affect, solitude, its characteristics (desired bothersome) every evening 10 days. Over above...

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic challenged older adults’ health behaviours, making it even more difficult to engage in healthy diets and physical activity than had been prepandemic. A resource promote these could be social support. This study uses data from 136 adults ( M age = 71.39 years, SD 5.15, range: 63–87) who reported their daily fruit vegetable consumption, steps, health-behaviour-specific support a close other every evening for up 10 consecutive days. Findings show that on days when...

Abstract Theoretical work suggests a sense of purpose in life may encourage health-promoting behaviors by facilitating more future-oriented time perspective about one’s everyday goals and actions. However, little research has investigated whether people with strong are thinking the future their lives this changes across adulthood. Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), present study aimed to investigate associations between life, age, thoughts future, physical activity. A total 256...

Abstract People spend a significant amount of time by themselves. This project seeks to investigate one potential motive underlying solitude seeking in daily life, namely, disengage from undesirable social interactions. Social relationships and interactions often involve obligations others, particularly so collectivistic cultures; meeting can be taxing when demands exceed one’s capacity. Seeking may way reduce obligation-related strains. Additionally, there age-related differences strength...

Happiness can be experienced differently in young as compared to older adulthood, possibly due shifts temporal focus and differences preferences for high- versus low-arousal affective states. The current project aimed replicate initial evidence on age-related the experience of happiness by investigating positive correlates everyday happiness; we further explored role thinking about future moderating such associations. We used daily life assessments from 257 participants (

Despite the pervasiveness of facial inferences, scholars have debated whether our face reflects valid information regarding how we actually behave. Whereas previous research has largely focused on accuracy present examined validity face-based judgments. Specifically, tested accurate judgments are, and confidence in are associated, what mechanisms potentially link appearance to behaviors (N = 1,386 American Korean adults). We found that although could accurately predict someone's behavior...

Abstract Individuals are able to maintain or even improve their wellbeing well into older adulthood. Socioemotional selectivity theory describes such age-related improvement in terms of motivational shifts toward emotionally meaningful goals with shrinking future time horizons. However, the association between perceptions and well-being is need being further clarified. In this symposium, four presentations will shed light on three different aspects — savoring, preoccupation, thinking about...

Abstract We examined the role of future time perspective (thinking about future) in shaping age-related differences time-varying experiences happiness. Older adults’ experience happiness is more strongly associated with low-arousal than high-arousal positive affect. Low-arousal affective states may be conducive to engaging meaningful social interactions close others (e.g., listening, adjusting others) and therefore serve key socio-emotional goals that are prioritized when perceived as...

Abstract Emotional complexity is a construct that has attracted significant interest in the aging literature. It often refers to two aspects — co-occurrence of positive and negative emotions emotion differentiation (experiencing with specificity). thought increase aging. However, recent research points inconsistent results showing relationship between age emotional complexity, non-significant associations even relationships. The present study seeks address this inconsistency findings by...

Abstract: Everyday gratitude may shape affect intensity, particularly during challenging times like a pandemic. A group of 140 community-dwelling Canadian participants ( M age = 40.49 years, range: 18–83; 80% women) provided up to 10 days daily and ratings the first pandemic wave. Multilevel models show that everyday was associated with higher positive lower negative affect, independent age; positively correlated number social events. Participants reported if event involved more than less...

Abstract Individuals differ in the extent to which they represent their goals as hoped-for versus feared states. We examined role of such goal representations for how everyday affective experiences and pursuit are intertwined. When represented states, we expected stronger associations between daily positive affect pursuit. In contrast, when negative (particularly fear) used seven days repeated life assessments from 238 older individuals (Age: M = 70.5 years, SD 5.99, 59-87 years; N 119...

Abstract Socioemotional Selectivity Theory posits that individuals with a limited future time perspective (FTP), prioritize emotionally meaningful, positive social interactions. Due to the high value placed on interactions, FTP might be particularly vulnerable experiencing elevated negative affect when problems involve other people do occur as compared an experience of non-social problems. This project examined role in modulating problem–negative links during pandemic, were aware their...

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic compromised psychological wellbeing, especially given public health guidance that restricted social contact. Engaging in daily interactions is important for maintaining and virtual may be a surrogate face-to-face when in-person contact not possible. Embracing the idea communication facilitate connectedness, this project seeks to better understand potential of supporting wellbeing. Using repeated-daily-life-assessments from an adult lifespan sample (N=164,...

Abstract Previous research has indicated that physical activity (PA) is a health-promoting behavior closely linked in couples. However, few studies have examined how PA intertwined among couples their everyday lives. For example, relation-inferred efficacy (RIE) an individual perception captures whether close other believes one’s own abilities to perform specific behaviours; it originates from the sports literature on coach-athlete dyads and been shown shape athlete performance. Applying...

Abstract As time spent at home has significantly increased during the pandemic, reports of household conflict also risen among people living with others (Usher et al., 2020). One solution to alleviate potential stress could be carving out oneself. The present study investigated how conditions (e.g., vs. alone) are associated everyday desire for solitude and whether daily experience comes improved emotional well-being in others. Furthermore, it explored relationship quality is a similar...