'Who tells me when to stay active or to leave?' age differences in and predictors of endorsement of prescriptive views of aging.

IF 2.8 3区 医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-28 DOI:10.1080/13607863.2024.2354333
Valentina Ludwig, Eva-Marie Kessler, Lisa Marie Warner, María Del Sequeros Pedroso-Chaparro, Klaus Rothermund, M Clara P de Paula Couto
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Abstract

Objectives: Prescriptive views of aging (PVoA) are normative age-based expectations about age-appropriate behavior for older adults, e.g. that they should stay fit/active (active aging norms) but also behave altruistically toward younger generations (altruistic disengagement norms). We aimed at examining age differences in endorsement of active aging and altruistic disengagement and investigated predictors of endorsement.

Method: In the AGEISM Germany survey, a representative sample of N = 1,915 German participants was recruited, covering a wide age range (Mage=56.57 years, 16-96 years). Cross-sectional data was collected via computer-assisted telephone interviews.

Results: Active aging was more strongly endorsed than altruistic disengagement. Endorsement of both PVoA was higher in older age groups - even more pronounced for altruistic disengagement. Endorsement of both norms was positively associated with positive age stereotypes. Furthermore, active aging was predicted by age centrality whereas altruistic disengagement was predicted by negative age stereotypes. Age was still a robust predictor of PVoA even after entering additional predictors.

Conclusion: Although associated, prescriptive age norms (i.e. beliefs how older people should behave) and descriptive age norms (i.e. beliefs about how older adults and the aging process are like) represent partly independent belief systems, highlighting the importance to assess & further investigate predictors and consequences of PVoA, which become more prevalent with age.

谁告诉我什么时候该保持活跃,什么时候该离开?"对老龄化的规定性观点的年龄差异和预测因素。
目的:对老龄化的规范性看法(PVoA)是基于年龄的对老年人适龄行为的规范性期望,例如,老年人应保持健康/活跃(积极老龄化规范),但也要对年轻一代采取利他行为(利他脱离规范)。我们的目的是研究赞同积极老龄化和利他主义脱离的年龄差异,并调查赞同的预测因素:在德国 AGEISM 调查中,我们招募了具有代表性的 N = 1,915 名德国参与者,他们的年龄跨度很大(Mage=56.57 岁,16-96 岁)。横断面数据是通过计算机辅助电话采访收集的:结果表明:积极老龄化比利他主义脱离更受欢迎。年龄越大的人群对这两项标准的认可度越高,而对利他主义脱离的认可度则更高。对这两种标准的认可与积极的年龄刻板印象呈正相关。此外,积极老龄化是由年龄中心性预测的,而脱离利他主义则是由消极年龄刻板印象预测的。即使在加入其他预测因素后,年龄仍然是预测 PVoA 的有力因素:尽管存在关联,但规定性年龄规范(即老年人应该如何行为的信念)和描述性年龄规范(即关于老年人和老龄化过程是怎样的信念)代表了部分独立的信念系统,突出了评估和进一步研究随年龄增长而变得更加普遍的自发性老龄化的预测因素和后果的重要性。
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Aging & Mental Health
Aging & Mental Health 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
7.00
自引率
2.90%
发文量
176
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.
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