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| Age and gender differences in body attitudes: a comparison of young and elderly adults | | Author(s) | Stephen L Franzoi, Virginia Koehler |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 47, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 1-10 |
| Keywords | Biological ageing ; Health [elderly] ; Older people ; Young people ; Attitude ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | One hundred and thirty-two young adults (mean age 19 years) and 142 older adults (mean age 74 years) evaluated 35 different aspects of their own bodies. As hypothesised, older people expressed less positive attitudes than young people toward body items associated with body functioning (physical coordination, agility, sex drive, health). These differences are consistent with research indicating a progressive decline in bodily function efficiently with advancing age. Also as expected, older people held less positive attitudes associated with facial attractiveness (lips, appearance of eyes, cheekbones). These differences are in line with the structural changes that occur in the face as people age, moving them further from cultural beauty standards. One area where these age differences were reversed was in women's attitudes toward weight: older women expressed greater satisfaction than young women toward their appetite, thighs and weight. Results further indicated that, although men have more positive attitudes than women, this gender difference is not nearly as pronounced among older people. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981012406 A |
| Classmark | BH: CC: B: SB: DP: TOB: 7T |
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