Stereotypes of Aging: Their Effects on the Health of Older Adults

Dionigi, Rylee A.

doi:10.1155/2015/954027

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“…Even as the literature documenting the numerous negative consequences of ageism for the experiences of older people is constantly growing (Minichiello et al 2000;Dionigi 2015;Chrisler et al 2016), ageism remains an elusive concept, interchangeably used to cover a wide range of phenomena. Research on ageism across contexts reveals the equivocal manner in which it is defined.…”

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Researching Ageism in Health-Care and Long Term Care

Buttiġieġ

Ilinca

Jose

et al. 2018

International Perspectives on Aging

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Researching Ageism in Health-Care and Long Term Care

Buttiġieġ

Ilinca

Jose

et al. 2018

International Perspectives on Aging

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“…Positive age stereotypes are associated with positive effects, whereas negative age stereotypes are related to negative effects (Meisner, 2012). Although there is a tendency for a more positive image and greater evidence supporting that older adults can contribute to society in many different ways, some pervasive misconceptions, attitudes, and stereotypes still prevail (Dionigi, 2015).…”

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“…Given the practical implications of this issue, in the last few decades, many researchers have analyzed the implications of agism and negative stereotypes, with specific regard to negative influences on the mental and physical health of older people (Ayalon & Tesch-Römer, 2017;Dionigi, 2015;Nelson, 2016;World Health Organization, 2015). Several investigations note a clear and direct threat to the cognition of the elderly, namely, when they believe and incorporate these negative stereotypes themselves (Marquet, Missotten, & Adam, 2016;Nelson, 2016).…”

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Psychometric properties of the Negative Stereotypes Towards Aging Questionnaire (CENVE) among a sample of Portuguese adults

Nunes

Menéndez

Martins

et al. 2018

Psicol. Refl. Crít.

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Stereotyped beliefs about old age and the aging process have proven to strongly promote negative behaviors toward the elderly, with unfavorable influences on their mental and physical health. Therefore, it is important to assess negative aging attitudes with brief but reliable and validated measurement instruments. The psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Negative Stereotypes Towards Aging Questionnaire (15 items self-reported) are explored and described in a sample of 302 participants (213 females and 89 males) between the ages of 18 and 59 years old. Confirmatory Factor Analysis shows a one-factor structure, similar to the Spanish version. The internal reliability and mean inter-item correlation showed satisfactory psychometric proprieties. Factorial ANOVA reveals that differences in agism beliefs are mainly related to educational level, with lower negative stereotypes in more educated adults. No differences were found concerning gender. This instrument may be a useful tool to assess negative stereotypes toward old age and the aging process.

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“…Physical activity is now globally recognized as a positive health asset across all ages (WHO, 2010). Old age, however, is stuck in a binary discourse as either a decline or a success (Dionigi, 2015;Hay, Conelly and Kinsella, 2016;Martinson and Berridge, 2015;Sandberg, 2013). These two opposing views permeate the socio-cultural and personal understandings of aging and old age in Western nations.…”

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Aging and exercise: Perceptions of the active lived-body

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Bergland

Lund

2018

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

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Exploring older people's evocation of their positive experiences of aging has been proposed as a counterweight to the Western stereotype of aging as a process of decline. The aim of this article is to explore how aging women, who participate regularly in group exercise classes, perceive their own bodies and the bodies of others. This article reports on the findings from interviews with 16 women between the age of 70 and 85. We analyzed the data using qualitative content analysis. Two overarching and interrelated themes concerning body perception emerged from the interviews: "The aging body and appearance" and "The body as subject and object." The binary discourse of old age, as either a decline or a success appears in our findings. The training contributes to a sense of well-being experienced through perceived increased physical abilities, self- image and self-esteem. Physical ability was perceived as being more important than appearance by the participants in this study, considering their preconception of an association between declining health, abilities, and older age. Involvement in physical activity appears to play a significant role in the perception of the women's own aging. Although physical attractiveness is a desirable outcome, the most important positive impact of the group exercise was related to increased social belonging and well-being, physical abilities, and capabilities. Thus implications for practice suggests that an intensive group training contributes to the opinion that an aging body is not necessarily a barrier to positive and successful aging.

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Stereotypes of Aging: Their Effects on the Health of Older Adults

Cited by 140 publications

References 74 publications

Researching Ageism in Health-Care and Long Term Care

Researching Ageism in Health-Care and Long Term Care

Psychometric properties of the Negative Stereotypes Towards Aging Questionnaire (CENVE) among a sample of Portuguese adults

Aging and exercise: Perceptions of the active lived-body

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