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15 - Creativity, Emotions, Emotion Regulation, and Aging

Older Adults Take on Life’s Challenges with Creativity and Finesse

from Part III - Emotions and the Creative Person

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2023

By
Polina Ermoshkina  and
Eva Kahana
Edited by
Zorana Ivcevic ,
Jessica D. Hoffmann  and
James C. Kaufman
Zorana Ivcevic
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
Jessica D. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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We consider the important roles played by creativity and emotional intelligence in enhancing the success of older persons in dealing with stressors and adaptive tasks of later life. These cognitive and interpersonal skills can maximize late life adaptations, including competent functioning in the face of chronic illnesses, social losses, and care-getting needs.

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later lifecreativityemotional intelligenceresourcefulnessagingeveryday problem solvingageism
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The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Emotions , pp. 280 - 298
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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