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Attitudes Toward Aging: A Glance Back at Research Developments Over the Past 75 Years

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  • Li ChuBA
  • Jennifer C Lay
  • Vivian Hiu Ling TsangMPhil
  • Helene H Fung

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With global aging, it is crucial to understand how older adults and the process of aging are viewed by members of society. These attitudes can often influence how older adults are treated. Since the Journal of Gerontology was founded, we have gained increasing insights into attitudes toward aging, with several notable research developments, including clearer conceptualization of different types of aging attitudes (e.g., life-domain-specific attitudes and self-perceptions of aging), a wider variety of measurements, better understanding of how different social determinants shape aging attitudes, and more sophisticated investigations of cultural variance and invariance in aging attitudes. In this article, we highlight these major shifts in the field of aging attitudes in the past 75 years, discuss the contributions of these developments, and point to potential future directions.

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  • Li ChuBA & Jennifer C Lay & Vivian Hiu Ling TsangMPhil & Helene H Fung, 2020. "Attitudes Toward Aging: A Glance Back at Research Developments Over the Past 75 Years," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 75(6), pages 1125-1129.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:75:y:2020:i:6:p:1125-1129.
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