Emotion Regulation, Cognition, and Resilience in Older Adults

Global population aging presents both profound challenges and new horizons for understanding emotional, cognitive, and psychosocial resilience across the lifespan. While aging is frequently accompanied by physiological vulnerabilities, sensory decline, and an increased burden of multimorbidity, it is also characterized by remarkable adaptations in socioemotional processing.

Crucially, psychological resilience is underpinned by dynamic interactions between specific neurocognitive domains (e.g., executive function, working memory) and cognitive reserve, and these interactions interface with emotion regulation strategies (e.g., cognitive reappraisal, attentional deployment, mindfulness). When cognitive decline, neurodegenerative disorders, or chronic somatic conditions arise, an individual's resilience can be severely tested, leading to heightened risks of emotional distress, functional dependency, and social isolation.

This Special Issue convenes cross-disciplinary scholarship at the intersection of affective science, gerontology, clinical psychology, neuroscience, and health systems research. We invite rigorous empirical studies, comprehensive reviews, and cutting-edge methodological contributions that elucidate underlying mechanisms, refine diagnostic approaches, and advance evidence-informed interventions supporting emotion regulation, cognitive vitality, and resilience in aging populations.

We welcome submissions addressing theoretical, empirical, clinical, and translational dimensions of late-life resilience, emotional processing, and cognitive health. Neurocognitive Mechanisms and Resilience Linkages; Stressors, Multimorbidity, and Vulnerability Factors; Innovative Interventions and Resilience-Building Approaches; Health Economics, Evaluation, and Policy Translation.

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Submission Deadline: 31 December 2027

Online Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted online through Hapres Online Submission System. Please visit Guide for Authors before submitting a manuscript. Authors are encouraged to submit a paper as soon as it is ready and don’t need to wait until the deadline. Submissions will be sent to peer-review in order of arrival. Accepted papers will be published continuously in Advances in Geriatric Medicine and Research and then gathered together on the special issue webpage. We welcome Research articles, Review papers and Short Communications. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.