Antecedents and Consequences of Endorsing Prescriptive Views of Active Aging and Altruistic Disengagement

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F22%3A00554676" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/22:00554676 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844369/pdf/fpsyg-13-807726.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844369/pdf/fpsyg-13-807726.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.807726" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpsyg.2022.807726</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Antecedents and Consequences of Endorsing Prescriptive Views of Active Aging and Altruistic Disengagement

Original language description

In this study, we investigated endorsement of two types of prescriptive views of aging, namely active aging (e.g., prescriptions for older adults to stay fit and healthy and to maintain an active and productive lifestyle) and altruistic disengagement (e.g., prescriptions for older adults to behave altruistically toward the younger generation by granting young people access to positions and resources). The study comprised a large international sample of middle-aged and older adults (N = 2,900), covering the age range from 40 to 90 years. Participants rated their personal endorsement of prescriptive views of active aging and altruistic disengagement targeting older adults in general (i.e., 'In my personal opinion, older adults should horizontal ellipsis'). Findings showed that endorsement was higher for prescriptions for active aging than for prescriptions for altruistic disengagement. Age groups in the sample differed regarding their endorsement of both prescriptive views of active aging and altruistic disengagement with older adults showing higher endorsement than middle-aged adults did. Prescriptive views of active aging and altruistic disengagement related positively to each other and to the superordinate social belief that older adults should not become a burden, which attests to their functional similarity. In contrast, prescriptive views of active aging and altruistic disengagement were associated with psychological adjustment in opposite ways, with endorsement of active aging (vs. altruistic disengagement) being related to better (vs. worse) adjustment outcomes such as life satisfaction and subjective health. Our findings highlight the internalization of prescriptive views of aging in older people and their implications for their development and well-being.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA20-01214S" target="_blank" >GA20-01214S: Mutual perception of acculturation preferences in majority and immigrants: An intergroup perspective</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN

1664-1078

e-ISSN

1664-1078

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

únor

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

807726

UT code for WoS article

000758772500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85124726846