Becca R Levy1, Martin D Slade2, Pil H Chung3, Thomas M Gill2. 1. Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut. Becca.Levy@yale.edu. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. 3. Department of Sociology and Demography, University of California at Berkeley.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the age stereotypes of older individuals would become more negative or else show resiliency following stressful events and to examine whether age-stereotype negativity would increase the likelihood of experiencing a stressful event (i.e., hospitalization). METHOD: Age stereotypes of 231 participants, 70 years and older, were assessed across 10 years, before and after the occurrence of hospitalizations and bereavements. RESULTS: Age-stereotype negativity was resilient despite encountering stressful events. In contrast, more negative age stereotypes were associated with a 50% greater likelihood of experiencing a hospitalization. DISCUSSION: The robustness of negative age stereotypes was expressed in their capacity to resist change as well as generate it.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the age stereotypes of older individuals would become more negative or else show resiliency following stressful events and to examine whether age-stereotype negativity would increase the likelihood of experiencing a stressful event (i.e., hospitalization). METHOD: Age stereotypes of 231 participants, 70 years and older, were assessed across 10 years, before and after the occurrence of hospitalizations and bereavements. RESULTS: Age-stereotype negativity was resilient despite encountering stressful events. In contrast, more negative age stereotypes were associated with a 50% greater likelihood of experiencing a hospitalization. DISCUSSION: The robustness of negative age stereotypes was expressed in their capacity to resist change as well as generate it.
Authors: Becca R Levy; Martin D Slade; Robert H Pietrzak; Luigi Ferrucci Journal: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci Date: 2020-09-14 Impact factor: 4.077
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