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cord-344653-to7571tw	Whatley, Mary C.	Younger and Older Adults’ Mood and Expectations Regarding Aging During COVID-19	2020-09-16		.txt	text/plain	4988	311	62	In the current studies, we examined mood, expectations regarding aging, coronavirus attitudes, and loneliness in younger and older adults. Eighty-six older adults who completed the Expectations Regarding Aging (ERA) and Brief Mood Introspection Scale (BMIS) between January 2018 and December 2019 (Time 1) were contacted to participate. In Study 1, we found that overall, our sample of older adults was maintaining positive mood and expectations about aging during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that they reported more negative arousal. In Study 2, we attempted to replicate findings from Study 1 regarding loneliness, COVID-19 attitudes, mood, and expectations regarding aging in a larger sample of older adults. We also examined age-related differences in mood, expectations about aging, loneliness, and attitudes toward COVID-19 in a national sample of older and younger adults. Pearson's correlations were conducted within each age group to examine associations between overall ERA score, BMIS pleasant-unpleasant mood, COVID-19 score, loneliness rating, and relevant demographic factors like age, gender, education, income, and overall health.	./cache/cord-344653-to7571tw.txt	./txt/cord-344653-to7571tw.txt