The effect of age differences in motivation on mental health information processing and help-seeking attitudes and intentions in younger versus older adults

Changes in motivation and goals over the lifespan as posited by Carstensen’s Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (1993) have shown to effect information processing and memory, such that motivation-consistent information is more likely to be remembered and evaluated more positively by young and older a...

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Main Author: Erickson, Julie
Other Authors: Mackenzie, Corey (Psychology)
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8350