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Valuing excitement makes people look forward to old age less and dread it more.

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: = 164), we experimentally manipulated how much individuals valued HAP and then assessed their personal views of old age: Across cultures, participants in the "value HAP" condition had less positive personal views of old age than did those in the control condition. These effects did not emerge for societal views of old age (i.e., what people associated with "someone" old vs. young). Together, these findings suggest that people's personal views of their own old age are due, in part, to how much excitement they ideally want to feel. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Psychology and Aging

DOI: 10.1037/pag0000295

Authors: Jeanne L. Tsai, Tamara Sims, Yang Qu, Ewart Thomas, Da Jiang, Helene H. Fung

Institutions: Stanford Medicine, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Aging and Gerontology Research

Subfield: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Mental Health