Age stereotypes: Dimensions, origins, and consequences

Rothermund, Klaus; de Paula Couto, M. Clara P.

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101747

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“…To sum up, this section has provided a brief summary of the impact of self-directed age-related stereotypes on the physical and mental health of older adults (for a complete recent review, see Rothermund and De Paula Couto, 2024 ), with the result that these latter outcomes can be more clearly distinguished from the central focus of the present literature review, namely older adults’ well-being.…”

Section: Age-related Stereotypes and Their Influence On Older Adults’...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of the goals of the present commentary is to emphasize the fact that despite the wealth of literature on the consequences of age-related stereotypes (e.g., Rothermund and De Paula Couto, 2024 for recent reviews), and also on the consequences of age-related stereotypes of mental and physical health (e.g., Chang et al, 2020 ), little research, whether into stereotype threat or internalization, has as yet studied the direct impact of negative stereotypes of aging on the well-being of older adults. Far more research of this type is therefore needed and should make use of direct measures of well-being, conceptualized as a complex, multifaceted phenomenon encompassing both hedonic and eudaimonic components ( Butler and Kern, 2016 ; Ryff et al, 2021a ).…”

Section: Unresolved Issues Surrounding the Role Of Older Adults’ Well...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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What do we really know about age-related stereotypes and well-being of older adults? A commentary on the state of the art

Rasset,

Mange,

Augustinova

2024

Front. Psychol.

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There is a considerable body of literature on harmful consequences of age-related stereotypes—including consequences on physical and mental health. However, this commentary critically argues that the current state of the art disregards consequences of these stereotypes specifically for the well-being of older adults (i.e., outcome that is not to be confounded with mental health). To this end, the content of age-related stereotypes and the mechanisms through which they operate on physical and mental health are first outlined. The commentary then focuses on the very scarce evidence documenting how and when the well-being of older adults (as assessed directly and not as inferred from other indicators) is influenced by self-directed stereotypes. After setting out possible ways well-being may be involved in the relationship between self-directed stereotypes and physical and mental health of older adults, the present commentary argues that a better understanding of well-being would benefit strategies targeting the reduction of age-related stereotypes. Overall, this commentary on the state of the art highlights that future research is still needed to better understand both the direct and indirect relationships between age-related stereotypes and well-being that is not reducible to positive experiences of life (or hedonic well-being) but also comprises an eudaimonic component.

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Section: Age-related Stereotypes and Their Influence On Older Adults’...mentioning

confidence: 99%