Emotionale Kompetenz – der Einfluss von kognitiver Beeinträchtigung und Depression im Alter
Abstract
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob im höheren Alter Defizite in selbst-eingeschätzten emotionalen Kompetenzen auftreten und ob altersbedingte kognitive Beeinträchtigungen und Depression diese Defizite verschärfen. Die emotionalen Kompetenzen wurde bei 84 ProbandInnen (30 kognitiv intakte Personen über 60 Jahre, 23 Personen mit minimaler kognitiver Beeinträchtigung (MCI) über 60 Jahre und 31 psychisch gesunde Personen unter 60 Jahre) anhand der Self-report Emotional Ability Scale (SEAS) erhoben. Ältere, nicht-depressive Personen schätzten ihre Kompetenz in der Regulation von Emotionen bei anderen niedriger ein als gesunde nicht-depressive jüngere Personen. Depression stellt einen wichtigen Einflussfaktor für eine Verminderung intra-personaler Aspekte der emotionalen Kompetenz (Erkennen und Regulation eigener Emotionen) dar, während der kognitive Status der älteren Personen keinen signifikanten Einfluss auf die Selbsteinschätzungen der emotionalen Kompetenzen hatte.
The aim of the current study is to evaluate the influence of age, mild cognitive impairment, and depression on self-reported handling of emotion in everyday life. The study comprises 84 participants (30 healthy elderly control subjects, 23 elderly subjects diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, 31 healthy younger control subjects). Emotional competences were measured with the Self-report Emotional Ability Scale (SEAS). Elderly, non-depressed subjects scored lower on the regulation of other persons emotions. Furthermore, our findings suggest that depression had an important impact on the attenuation of intra-personal competencies (perception of ones own emotions, regulation of ones own emotions), whereas cognitive impairment showed no significant influence on the self-reported handling of emotion in everyday life.
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