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| Perceived youth: appraisal and characterization | | Author(s) | Benny Barak, Don R Rahtz |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 49, no 3, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 231-257 |
| Keywords | Older people ; Attitude ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Results from a US postal survey of respondents aged 60-94 years suggest that psychographic dimensions of youthfulness and identification with old age constitute effective inner-age research variables, especially to those seeking to study older populations. The two specific dimensions explored were: "perceived youth", a magnitude measure of the proportional discrepancy between chronological and cognitive ages; and "feeling-old", which inversely measured youth through reliance in a six-point Likert agree/disagree statement. In addition to the obvious inverse relationship between these inner-ages, research established trait covariation relative to an increase in perceived youth coincidental with a rejection of a feeling-old identity, corresponding to increases in "happiness, own-health rating, being venturesome, giving advice, self-esteem, social activity, and keeping in shape", as well as decreases in "taking advice, being a homebody, and having health worries". (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000419415 A |
| Classmark | B: DP: TOB: 7T |
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