Cross-cultural Discussion on Preparing for Aging in Midlife
Year: 2018
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Modern increase in life expectancy and deviation from the normative life course have complicated the existing outlook of aging in midlife. Furthermore, the issue of aging population is not unique to one geographic region; it is a phenomenon shared by individuals diverse in a range of the political, social, and cultural spectrum. This symposium reports on biological and psychological challenges that middle-aged adults nowadays face in preparing for aging and the unique contribution of sociocultural factors. Using the Health and Retirement Study, Shannon Mejia, Rich Gonzalez, and Jacqui Smith discuss the contribution of individual and shared experiences to the couples’ shared risk in multisystem markers of biological strain. Frank Infurna, Suniya Luthar, and Kevin Grimm examine a differential impact of the lifetime and recent incidence of adversity on character strength and well-being of middle-aged adults who were assessed monthly for two-years. Joanna Hong and Susan Charles present findings on a comparison of age-related differences in perceptions of past, present, and future life satisfaction using the Midlife Development in the U.S. and the Survey of Midlife Development in Japan. Yijung Kim, Kyungmin Kim, Kathrin Boerner, and Gyounghae Han explore the subjective sense of future time and its link to exercise, physical symptoms, and chronic conditions among Korean baby boomers. The discussant will be Margie Lachman. Taken together, these presentations will provide an in-depth discussion on an interplay of individual and sociocultural factors in shaping the changing trajectory of aging across the globe.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: Y Kim, K Kim, M E Lachman
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Boston, Brandeis University
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2900329930