Perceptions of aging across 26 cultures and their culture-level associates.
Abstract
College students (N=3,435) in 26 cultures reported their perceptions of age-related changes in physical, cognitive, and socioemotional areas of functioning and rated societal views of aging within their culture. There was widespread cross-cultural consensus regarding the expected direction of aging trajectories with (a) perceived declines in societal views of aging, physical attractiveness, the ability to perform everyday tasks, and new learning; (b) perceived increases in wisdom, knowledge, and received respect; and (c) perceived stability in family authority and life satisfaction. Cross-cultural variations in aging perceptions were associated with culture-level indicators of population aging, education levels, values, and national character stereotypes. These associations were stronger for societal views on aging and perceptions of socioemotional changes than for perceptions of physical and cognitive changes. A consideration of culture-level variables also suggested that previously reported differences in aging perceptions between Asian and Western countries may be related to differences in population structure.
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Corinna E. Löckenhoff, Filip De Fruyt, Antonio Terracciano, Robert R. McCrae, Marleen De Bolle, Paul T. Costa, … Michelle Yik (2009). Perceptions of aging across 26 cultures and their culture-level associates.. Psychology and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016901
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title = {Perceptions of aging across 26 cultures and their culture-level associates.},
author = {Löckenhoff, Corinna E. and Fruyt, Filip De and Terracciano, Antonio and McCrae, Robert R. and Bolle, Marleen De and Costa, Paul T. and Aguilar‐Vafaie, Maria E. and Ahn, Chang-Kyu and Ahn, Hyun-nie and Alcalay, Lidia and Allïk, Jüri and Avdeyeva, Tatyana V. and Barbaranelli, Claudio and Benet‐Martínez, Verónica and Blatný, Marek and Bratko, Denis and Cain, Thomas R. and Crawford, Jarret T. and Lima, Margarida Pedroso de and Ficková, Emília and Gheorghiu, Mirona A. and Halberstadt, Jamin Brett and Hřebı́čková, Martina and Jussim, Lee J. and Klinkosz, Waldemar and Knežević, Goran and Figueroa, Nora Leibovich de and Martin, Thomas and Marušić, Iris and Mastor, Khairul Anwar and Miramontez, Daniel R. and Nakazato, Katsuharu and Nansubuga, Florence and Pramila, V. S. and Realo, Anu and Rolland, Jean‐Pierre and Rossier, Jérôme and Schmidt, Vanina and Sękowski, Andrzej Edward and Shakespeare‐Finch, Jane and Shimonaka, Yoshiko and Simonetti, Franco and Siuta, Jerzy and Smith, Peter J. K. and Szmigielska, Barbara and Wang, Lei and Yamaguchi, Mami and Yik, Michelle},
year = {2009},
journal = {Psychology and Aging},
doi = {10.1037/a0016901}
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