【摘要】 目的 论述时间意识对老年人情绪体调节和社会适应的制约影响，并对 其理论意义进行评价。方法 利用互联网在国外大学图书馆检索、下载1995 年01月~2007年12月的相关文献 ；从生活目标、社会交往、环境顺应、信息加工等方面，对老年人的时间意识与情绪调节的 关系的研究进行整理、归纳和综述。结论 衰老所导致的时间有限意识，使 老年人看待和对待社会的方式发生相应的适应性变化。他们通过将生活重心转向情感生活， 主动地建构和发展一系列可以带来情感收益的社会适应方式和能力，抵御和代偿衰老带来的 不利影响。

    【关键词】 情绪调节；时间意识；老年人；社会适应

    Time Estimation and Emotional Regulation in Old Age. Qiao Jianzhong. Col lege of Educational Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, P.R.chin a

    【Abstract】 Objective To described the restriction function of the ti me estimation on the elderly emotional regulation and social adaptation, and als o discussed its theoretical significance. Methods Searched for th e material from libraryof foreign university through internet, downloaded the correlated literature fr om 1995 to 2006; based on questions of the live aim, social intercourse, acclima tize and information-processing, overviewed the time awareness and emotional re gulation in old age. Conclusion The estimation of limitations ontime elicited byaging leads to relevant adaptive shifts in the way that the elderly look on andtreat the society, who actively construct and develop a series of social adapti ve ways and competences which can bring optimization of affective payoff, and re sist or compensate disadvantage influence derived from aging through turning the ir life gravity to affective life. ......