Cognitive and Emotional Factors Influencing the Incorporation of Advice Into Decision Making Across the Adult Lifespan.

Leon, T; Weidemann, G; Kneebone, II; Bailey, PE

Cognitive and Emotional Factors Influencing the Incorporation of Advice Into Decision Making Across the Adult Lifespan.

Leon, T

Weidemann, G Kneebone, II Bailey, PE

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Citation:: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 2024, 79, (7), pp. gbae080
Issue Date:: 2024-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Leon, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4976-758X
dc.contributor.author	Weidemann, G
dc.contributor.author	Kneebone, II
dc.contributor.author	Bailey, PE
dc.contributor.editor	Krendl, AC
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-08T00:49:46Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-08T00:49:46Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-01
dc.identifier.citation	J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 2024, 79, (7), pp. gbae080
dc.identifier.issn	1079-5014
dc.identifier.issn	1758-5368
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/181225
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVES: The present study sought to investigate the influence of advice on decision making in older age, as well as the potential influence of depressive symptoms and age-related differences in the cognitively demanding emotion regulation on advice-taking. METHOD: A nonclinical sample (N = 156; 50% female; 47 young: M age = 29.87, standard deviation [SD] = 5.58; 54 middle-aged: M age = 50.91, SD = 7.13; 55 older: M age = 72.51, SD = 5.33) completed a judge-advisor task to measure degree of advice-taking, as well as measures of fluid intelligence, depressive symptoms, confidence, perceived advice accuracy, and emotion regulation. RESULTS: Age did not influence degree of advice-taking. Greater depressive symptoms were associated with more reliance on advice, but only among individuals who identified as emotion regulators. Interestingly, older age was associated with perceiving advice to be less accurate. DISCUSSION: The study contributes to the sparse literature on advice-taking in older age. Cognitive and emotional factors influence the degree to which advice is incorporated into decision making in consistent ways across the adult lifespan. A key difference is that older adults take as much advice as younger adults despite perceiving the advice to be less accurate.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200100876
dc.relation.ispartof	J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/geronb/gbae080
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1608 Sociology, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Gerontology
dc.subject.classification	52 Psychology
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Decision Making
dc.subject.mesh	Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Emotional Regulation
dc.subject.mesh	Depression
dc.subject.mesh	Cognition
dc.subject.mesh	Age Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Emotions
dc.subject.mesh	Aging
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Intelligence
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Depression
dc.subject.mesh	Emotions
dc.subject.mesh	Intelligence
dc.subject.mesh	Cognition
dc.subject.mesh	Decision Making
dc.subject.mesh	Age Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Aging
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Emotional Regulation
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Decision Making
dc.subject.mesh	Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Emotional Regulation
dc.subject.mesh	Depression
dc.subject.mesh	Cognition
dc.subject.mesh	Age Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Emotions
dc.subject.mesh	Aging
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Intelligence
dc.title	Cognitive and Emotional Factors Influencing the Incorporation of Advice Into Decision Making Across the Adult Lifespan.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	79
utslib.location.activity	United States
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences
utslib.for	1608 Sociology
utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health/GSH.Clinical Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC)
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dc.date.updated	2024-10-08T00:49:43Z
pubs.issue	7
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	79
utslib.citation.issue	7

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES: The present study sought to investigate the influence of advice on decision making in older age, as well as the potential influence of depressive symptoms and age-related differences in the cognitively demanding emotion regulation on advice-taking. METHOD: A nonclinical sample (N = 156; 50% female; 47 young: M age = 29.87, standard deviation [SD] = 5.58; 54 middle-aged: M age = 50.91, SD = 7.13; 55 older: M age = 72.51, SD = 5.33) completed a judge-advisor task to measure degree of advice-taking, as well as measures of fluid intelligence, depressive symptoms, confidence, perceived advice accuracy, and emotion regulation. RESULTS: Age did not influence degree of advice-taking. Greater depressive symptoms were associated with more reliance on advice, but only among individuals who identified as emotion regulators. Interestingly, older age was associated with perceiving advice to be less accurate. DISCUSSION: The study contributes to the sparse literature on advice-taking in older age. Cognitive and emotional factors influence the degree to which advice is incorporated into decision making in consistent ways across the adult lifespan. A key difference is that older adults take as much advice as younger adults despite perceiving the advice to be less accurate.

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