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Why do I dread looking old?: A test of social identity theory, terror management theory, and the double standard of aging.
- Source :
- Journal of Women & Aging; Apr-Jun2016, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p112-126, 15p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Outward appearance is one of the means by which age is determined, and fear of looking old may stem from fears about social identity and death. This study explored how social identity theory and terror management theory may help to explain the dread of looking old. University students from the United States, England, and Australia (N = 1,042) completed a questionnaire regarding their attitudes about aging and older adults. Results indicated that sex, age, beliefs about personal aging, and death anxiety explained 30.4% of the variance for participants’ dread of looking old. Theoretical hypotheses were supported by our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- HYPOTHESIS
AGE distribution
AGEISM
ANXIETY
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
COLLEGE students
STATISTICAL correlation
GROUP identity
RESEARCH methodology
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PROBABILITY theory
PSYCHOLOGY
QUESTIONNAIRES
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SEX distribution
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
MATHEMATICAL variables
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
THEORY
DATA analysis
ATTITUDES toward death
MULTIPLE regression analysis
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
CROSS-sectional method
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ATTITUDES toward aging
ONE-way analysis of variance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08952841
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Women & Aging
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 114265100
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2014.950533