Subjective age, ageist attitudes, cultural perspective, minority populations
Abstract :
[en] Objectives: The established link between subjective views of aging (VoA) and well-being shows variations across different cultures. Although VoA show daily fluctuations, little is known about cultural differences in such fluctuations and the daily coupling of VoA and well-being. We compared Israeli Arabs to Israeli Jews in the daily coupling of VoA and negative affect (NA).
Methods: Community-dwelling older adults (N=76, Mage=66.71) completed measures of
subjective age, subjective accelerated aging, ageist attitudes, and NA over 14 consecutive days.
Results: Respondents reported higher daily NA when they felt older, reported to be aging faster, or had more ageist attitudes. The daily coupling between subjective age/subjective accelerated aging and NA was stronger among Israeli Arabs compared to Israeli Jews. There was no such interaction with ageist attitudes.
Discussion: It is important to adopt a cultural perspective when investigating daily fluctuations in VoA and their correlates. In applied contexts, this might help to identify cultural groups that are particularly sensitive to the effects of VoA.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Shenkman, Geva; Reichman University
Shrira, Amit; Bar-Ilan University
KORNADT, Anna ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) > Lifespan Development, Family and Culture
Neupert, Shevaun; North Carolina State University
Tse, Dwight; University of Strathclyde [GB]
Can, Reyyan; North Carolina State University
Palgi, Yuval; University of Haifa
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Cultural Differences in Daily Coupling of Subjective Views of Aging and Negative Affect
Publication date :
2024
Journal title :
Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
ISSN :
1079-5014
eISSN :
1758-5368
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Cary, United States - North Carolina
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