Commentaries on "Mind Matters: Cognitive and Physical Effects of Aging Self-Stereotypes" and Author's Reply: When Is an Age Stereotype an Aging Self-Stereotype? A Commentary
Open Access
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
- Vol. 58 (4), P212-P216
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/58.4.p212
Abstract
Levy (2003) provides convincing evidence that mind does indeed matter in the case of age stereotypes and their impact on older persons. The article offers critical insights about the power of age stereotypes in the lives of older individuals. These insights derive primarily from Levy's review of her excellent and innovative program of research and her outline of directions for future research. These topics appear in the last half of the article. The first half of the article presents a description of the process through which age stereotypes influence the behaviors of older persons (i.e., the theoretical foundation for the research program). This description has some limitations in light of other stereotype theory and research.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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