LIFESPAN DMC · Improving decision-making competence and associated quality of life across the lifespan
7РП — „Хора“ (Действия „Мария Кюри“)
- Период
- 2013-09-01 → 2017-08-31
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 100 000 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MC-CIG
Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.
Накратко на български
Способността за вземане на решения се променя с възрастта, като например възрастните се справят по-добре с емоционалния стрес при загуби. Разбирането на тези процеси помага за създаването на програми, които подобряват качеството на живот през целия живот.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Improving decision-making competence and associated quality of life across the lifespan
Population age is increasing in the EU and the US. Across the life span, people face decisions about their health, finances and well-being. People of all ages therefore need good decision-making competence, referring to the ability to avoid decision biases and to obtain desired life outcomes. Research on cognitive aging suggests that age-related declines in fluid cognitive abilities such as working memory start around age 20, threatening the quality of older adults’ decisions and associated quality of life. This project therefore aimed to (1) understand the relationship between aging and decision-making competence across a variety of decision tasks; (2) identify non-cognitive skills that facilitate better decision-making competence in older age; and (3) inform programs to build those skills that promote decision-making competence across the lifespan. In research with age-diverse samples in different countries, we found that older adults do indeed perform worse than younger adults on cognitively demanding decision tasks, which may be explained by age-related declines in fluid cognitive ability as well as age-related declines in the motivation to think hard about complex problems. However, older adults can perform just as well as younger adults on decision tasks that are less cognitively demanding, require more experience and better emotional coping skills. For example, older adults outperform younger adults on decision tasks that involve losses, which may be due to older adults’ better emotional coping with losses. Intervention programs that aim to promote decision-making competence therefore should reduce cognitive complexity, increase reliance on experience, and build emotional coping skills. Such interventions bring the promise of improving life decision outcomes across the lifespan. Upon completion of this project (August 2017), this project has led to 12 peer-reviewed publications, 4 book chapters, 23 presentations at academic meetings, as well as 10 outreach activities with practitioners, pension providers, and wider audiences. For more information, please see: http://lubswww.leeds.ac.uk/cdr/projects/improving-decision-making-competence.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
Across the life span, people face decisions about their health, finances and well-being. People of all ages therefore need good decision-making competence, referring to the ability to avoid decision biases and to obtain desired life outcomes. Reviews suggest that relatively little is known about how decision-making competence changes with age. However, well-documented aging-related declines in fluid cognitive abilities such as working memory start around age 20, threatening the quality of older adults’ decisions and associated quality of life. Because population age is increasing in the EU and the US, the European Commission sees maintaining older adults’ quality of life as a main policy challenge, and aims for Europe to be a leader in innovative strategies for improving quality of life across the lifespan. To address these pressing concerns, the 3 objectives of the planned research are: (1) Understanding the relationship between aging and decision-making competence across decision tasks, using validated measures of individual differences with EU samples; (2) Applying interdisciplinary insights from lifespan developmental theories to identify non-cognitive skills that facilitate better decision-making competence across the lifespan; (3) Designing and evaluating programs to build those skills that promote decision-making competence across the lifespan. The proposed work will build on new interdisciplinary insights from lifespan developmental theories and behavioral decision research, benefiting from the research program of Professor Bruine de Bruin (the applicant) who recently moved from the University of Leeds (UK) after 10 years at Carnegie Mellon University (US). Requested funds will help to move her research program to the EU, train affiliated junior EU colleagues, raise the team’s EU profile, and inform EU policy on aging. Findings will inform theories of decision making and aging, while promoting better decision making across the adult lifespan.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS · LeedsКоординаторОбединеното кралство
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз