社会情绪选择理论概述

An Overview of Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

个体对未来时间的感知会影响其社会动机、社会目标追求、情绪管理以及认知过程,研究者对此提出了社会情绪选择理论,认为对未来生命中所剩时间的感知是个体动机的组成部分,影响着社会目标的优先性选择。当知觉到未来时间非常有限时,优先选择以情绪调节为目标;反之,则偏向选择以获取知识为目标。社会情绪选择理论概述介绍了相关的基本假设和理论要点,对其主要研究领域进行述评,并指出未来研究中值得注意的几个方面。

Individual＇s perception for future time is inevitably linked to the social motivation, pursuit of social goals, emotion regulation, and cognitive processing. According to socioemotional selectivity theory, the perceived time left to live is a composition of individual＇s motivation which determines the priorities of social goals. When future time is perceived as limited, emotion regulationgoals assume primacy. In contrast, when future time is perceived as open-ended, knowledge-aquicition goals are prioritized. This paper provides a general instroduction and basic presumptions of the theory and reviews related empirical evidence. The paper also identifies several areas for future research development.