title: When feeling different pays off: how older adults can counteract negative age-related information.
abstract: Negative age stereotypes are pervasive and threaten older adults' self-esteem. Two experiments tested the hypothesis that differentiation from one's age group reduces the impact of negative age-related information on older adults' self-evaluation. In Experiment 1, older adults (N = 83, M = 71.9 years) were confronted with neutral or negative age-related information followed by a manipulation of self-differentiation. Experiment 2 (N = 44, M = 73.55 years) tested the moderating role of self-differentiation in the relationship of implicit attitudes toward older adults and implicit self-esteem. Results suggest that self-differentiation prevents the impact of negative age-related information on older adults' self-esteem.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Zurich.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Weiss
authors: Knowledge Media Research Center.
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Sassenberg
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Zurich.
authors: Alexandra M
authors: AM
authors: Freund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires