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Internalization of age stereotypes into the self-concept via future self-views: A general model and domain-specific differences.

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We investigated a pathway through which age stereotypes (AS) become internalized into the self. Domain-specific AS, as well as future self-views (FS) and current self-views (CS), were assessed in a sample of middle-aged and older adults. AS were positively related to CS and this effect was mediated via FS. These relations were stronger for older persons, indicating that the internalization process depends on a self-categorization as being old. A comparison of life domains revealed that an age-dependent internalization of AS emerged mainly for those domains in which age-related changes are expected to occur during later phases of life.

Source: Psychology and Aging

DOI: 10.1037/a0025110

Authors: Anna E. Kornadt, Klaus Rothermund

Institution: Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Language: English

Topic: Aging and Gerontology Research

Subfield: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Volkswagen Foundation

Award: G2419428365