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| Older adults' online dating profiles and successful aging | | Author(s) | Mineko Wada, William Bennett Mortenson, Laura Hurd Clarke |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 4, December 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 479-490 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Single persons ; Personal relationships ; Friendship ; Social contacts ; Internet ; Health [elderly] ; Self esteem. |
| Annotation | This study examined how relevant Rowe and Kahn's three criteria of successful ageing were to older adults' self-portrayals in online dating profiles: low probability of disease and disability, high functioning, and active life engagement. In this cross-sectional study, 320 online dating profiles of older adults were randomly selected and coded based on the criteria. Logistic regression analyses determined whether age, gender and race/ethnicity predicted self-presentation. Few profiles were indicative of successful ageing due to the low prevalence of the first two criteria; the third criterion, however, was identified in many profiles. Native Americans were significantly less likely than other ethnic groups to highlight the first two criteria. Younger age predicted presenting the first criterion. Women's presentation of the third criterion remained significantly high with age. The findings suggest that the criteria may be unimportant to older adults when seeking partners, or they may reflect the exclusivity of this construct. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170224229 A |
| Classmark | BG: SQ: DS: DS:SX: TOA: 3OB: CC: DPA |
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