Ageism refers to prejudice, stereotypes or discrimination based on a person's actual or perceived chronological age. While ageism can affect people at all stages of the human …
M Wettstein, HW Wahl - Psychology and Aging, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
As older adults have frequently been portrayed as one homogeneous and vulnerable risk group in public debates and in the media immediately after the outbreak of the Coronavirus …
Although gains and losses are an integral part of human development, the experience of change and readjustment that often comes with major life events may be particularly …
Subjective age, that is the age people feel in relation to their chronological age, can vary on a day-to-day and even momentary basis. Previous long-term and daily-diary studies have …
Subjective age, how old people feel compared to their chronological age, is a central indicator of age identity and highly predictive for developmental outcomes. While mostly …
KG Heimrich, T Prell, A Schönenberg - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background There is increasing evidence that subjective age is an important predictor of beneficial health outcomes besides chronological age. However, little is known about the …
Objectives The bidirectionality between self-perceptions of aging and health-related outcomes may depend on age group. Therefore, we tested such bidirectionality among …
Experiencing pain in middle adulthood and old age might be interpreted as a sign of aging and make people feel older, whereas feeling older has behavioral, motivational, and …
Social media has become instrumental for older adults in maintaining social connections, which are an integral component of older adults' well-being. However, little is known about …