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Understanding the mechanisms underlying the effects of negative age stereotypes and perceived age discrimination on older adults' well-being.

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:Objectives: Although numerous studies have documented that negative age stereotypes and perceived age discrimination are related to older adults' lower well-being, few studies have investigated the mechanisms underlying these relationships. In this study, we tested whether self-perceptions of aging and subjective age would help to account for the relation between stereotypes and discrimination and self-esteem. According to the internalization hypothesis, we expected that the effects of negative age stereotypes and greater perceived age discrimination would be driven by more negative self-perceptions of aging and older subjective age. Method: A total of 151 older adults completed questions assessing their endorsement of negative age stereotypes, perceived age discrimination, self-perceptions of aging, subjective age, and self-esteem. Relationships among these variables were assessed using serial mediation analyses. Results: Consistent with the internalization hypothesis, negative age stereotypes and perceived age discrimination indirectly predicted older subjective age and lower self-esteem through worsening self-perceptions of aging. However, we did not find a direct effect of negative age stereotypes or perceived discrimination on subjective age, nor an indirect effect of negative age stereotypes and perceived age discrimination on self-esteem through subjective age. Conclusion: These results support the internalization hypothesis: among older adults, holding more negative age stereotypes and perceiving more age discrimination is associated with feeling older and with lower self-esteem through worsened perceptions of one's own aging. Given the central role of self-perceptions of aging, these findings highlight the importance of promoting more positive self-perceptions in order to maintain or increase older adults' well-being.

journal_name

Aging Ment Health

journal_title

Aging & mental health

authors

Marquet M,Chasteen AL,Plaks JE,Balasubramaniam L

doi

10.1080/13607863.2018.1514487

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1666-1673

issue

eissn

1360-7863

issn

1364-6915

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Understanding the mechanisms underlying the effects of negative age stereotypes and perceived age discrimination on older adults' well-being.