Table 4. Age Differences in the Self-Perceived Use of Emotion Regulation Strategies.
| Variable | Age group |
F(4, 247) | p | ω2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1a (17-27) |
Group 2b (28-37) |
Group 3c (38-47) |
Group 4d (48-57) |
Group 5e (58-67) |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| Reappraisal | 4.40 | 1.11 | 4.54 | 1.06 | 4.87 | 1.05 | 5.00 | 0.94 | 4.43 | 1.78 | 3.04 | .02 | .03 |
| Expressive suppression | 3.51 | 1.49 | 3.42 | 1.22 | 3.34 | 1.30 | 3.36 | 1.28 | 3.86 | 1.44 | 0.39 | .82 | |
| Expressive enhancement | 3.09 | 1.57 | 3.15 | 1.42 | 3.07 | 1.49 | 3.14 | 1.46 | 3.39 | 1.71 | 0.10 | .98 | |
aN = 54. bN = 87. cN = 49. dN = 53. eN = 9.