Affective Theory of Mind in Late Adulthood: The Role of Emotion Complexity and Social Relatedness.
Age-related declines in adult affective theory of mind (AToM) have been discovered. However, AToM measures have not accounted for emotional state complexity involved in AToM. Measures have also not accounted for different types of relationships – friends versus strangers – for which AToM is employed...
| Publicado en: | Experimental Aging Research Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 472 - 501 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct-Dec2023
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