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| Attitudes toward embodied old age among Swedes | | Author(s) | Peter Öberg, Lars Tornstam |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 56, no 2, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 133-154 |
| Keywords | Biological ageing ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Cross sectional surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Messages in the consumer culture are often youth oriented, aiming at the prevention of the bodily decay associated with biological ageing. In gerontological discourse, this has been hypothesised to generate negative attitudes toward embodied ageing and old age. Studies about general attitudes toward old age show that younger respondents have more negative attitudes than do older respondents, and gerontological discourse also hypothesises a gendered ageism, with especially negative attitudes toward older women. This empirical study of embodied ageing among 1,250 Swedes aged 20-85 contradicts these hypotheses. The results show rather positive attitudes toward embodied old age, especially among young and middle-aged respondents. Neither do the results unequivocally confirm the hypothesis of gendered ageism, which predicts considerably more negative attitudes towards old women than towards old men. One interpretation of the results is that, counter to many hypotheses, the consumer culture, with its new opportunities and roles for older people, may positively affect these attitudes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031001211 A |
| Classmark | BH: TOB: 3KB: 76P |
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