Positivity Effect 1 Running head: REAPPRAISAL AND POSITIVITY EFFECT The Role of Dispositional Reappraisal in the Age-Related Positivity Effect Tianyuan Li Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Helene H. Fung Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Derek M. Isaacowitz Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA Correspondence concerning the manuscript should be directed to Helene Fung, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 328 Sino Building, Chung Chi College, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Electronic mail may be sent to hhlfung@psy.cuhk.edu.hk. This article has been accepted for publication in Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences published by Oxford University Press. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. Li, T., Fung, H. H., & Isaacowitz, D. M. (2011). The role of dispositional reappraisal in the age-related positivity effect. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 66B(1), 56-60. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbq074