scholarly journals Self- and Other-Directed Ageism and Worries Concerning COVID-19 Health Consequences

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 592-592
Author(s):  
Liat Ayalon ◽  
Ella Cohn-Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Representative Sample ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Perceived Age ◽  
And Gender ◽  
National Representative Sample

Abstract Worries associated with COVID-19 health consequences are well-justified. They may motivate people to take safety precautions, but may hinder if they become too intense. Current research examined mainly age and gender as potentially associated with worries. This study instead, focuses on self-perceptions of ageing (SPA) and perceived age discrimination as potential predictors of worry, in light of the ageism pandemic which co-occurred with the COVID-19 outbreak. The study is based on a national representative sample of 1,092 adults aged 50+ in Israel. Phone interviews were conducted between March – May 2020, when Israel gradually moved from strict to partial lockdown. Our findings show that SPA and age-based discrimination in the healthcare system were significant predictors of worries. The findings point to the potentially negative impact of the ageism pandemic in relation to worries. Interventions that address ageism directed by self or others might alleviate people's worries in the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Measures of self- and other-directed ageism and worries concerning COVID-19 health consequences: Results from a nationally representative sample of Israelis over the age of 50

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0251577
Author(s):  
Liat Ayalon ◽  
Ella Cohn-Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Perceptions Of Aging ◽  
Perceived Age ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
And Gender

Worries associated with COVID-19 health consequences are well-justified. They may motivate people to take safety precautions, but may hinder if they become too intense. Current research has examined mainly age and gender as potential correlates associated with worries. This study instead, is focused on self-perceptions of aging (SPA) and perceived age discrimination as potential predictors of worry, in the light of the ageism pandemic which has co-occurred with the COVID-19 outbreak. The study is based on a national sample of 1,092 adults aged 50 and above in Israel. Phone interviews were conducted between March 29 2020 and May 3 2020, when Israel gradually moved from strict to partial lockdown. Respondents were queried about their worries related to COVID-19 health consequences, demographic characteristics, known-risk factors, SPA and perceived age-based discrimination in the healthcare system. Our findings show that in addition, to sex, financial status and chronic illness, SPA and age-based discrimination in the healthcare were significant predictors of worries and explained additional 8% of the variance. The findings point to the potentially negative impact of the ageism pandemic in an area that has not received much attention, thus far, namely people’s worries. Interventions that address ageism directed by self or others might alleviate worries in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Effects of Feature Variations on Attributions for Schematic Faces

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J. McKelvie
Keyword(s):  
Age And Gender ◽  
Short Nose ◽  
Folk Wisdom ◽  
Perceived Age ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Individual Features ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

31 subjects classified 16 schematic faces on six dimensions. Attractiveness was generally associated with widely separated eyes, a short nose, and high feature placement. When features were considered in combination, faces with low placement were judged attractive, although the effect was mitigated by a narrow mouth. Previous findings concerning perceived age and gender were partially replicated, but folk wisdom linking intelligence to low placement (high forehead) was refuted. It is suggested that the relationship between individual features and attributions is nonlinear and interactive, and that researchers should investigate these hypotheses by exercising finer control over feature variations.

scholarly journals The Impact of Mandate Contract and Self-Employment on Workers’ Health—Evidence from Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3138
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej ◽  
Dominika Bąk-Grabowska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Interviewing Technique ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the study is to analyze the correlations between two clearly defined forms of non-standard employment (self-employment and mandate contract) and workers’ health. The study also addressed such variables as gender, age, length of service, and the reason for employment (voluntary vs. non-voluntary). The research was carried out in Poland in 2020 using the CATI method (a telephone interviewing technique), and it covered a sample of 200 workers (100 self-employed and 100 working under a mandate contract). Most of the respondents declared that their form of employment did not affect their health. However, the statistical analysis showed significant differences in health status between the self-employed and those working on a mandate contract. Self-employed respondents experienced mental health impacts more often, whereas those working under a mandate contract more frequently declared that their physical health was affected. The length of service was only important for mental health, having a negative impact on it. The respondents’ age and gender turned out to be statistically insignificant, which is in contradiction to many previous research findings. The inability to choose one’s form of employment resulted in worse physical health. These findings demonstrate the importance of certain variables that were not prioritized in previous studies and emphasize the need to clearly define what non-standard and precarious forms of employment are, as well as revealing new correlations between the studied categories and providing directions for further research.

scholarly journals Kasus Perundungan Anak di Jawa Barat: Temuan Awal Children’s Worlds Survey di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30
Author(s):  
Ihsana Sabriani Borualogo ◽  
Erlang Gumilang
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
West Java ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

This study aimed to describe the rate of bullying cases on children age 8, 10, and 12 year-olds in 27 Kota/Kabupaten in West Java. There were 22,616 children age 8, 10, and 12 year-olds who participated in this survey. This survey used stratified cluster random sampling to get a representative sample. Bullying actions were measured by reported frequency of experiencing being bullied physically and verbally by siblings and being bullied physically, verbally, and psychologically by other children at school last month. The highest rate was children reported being bullied physically by siblings and being bullied verbally by other children at school.  Results show differences on age and gender on types of bullying. Bullying is a serious problem that needs to be taken into account to stop bullying cases in West Java.

Similarity of Perceptions of Bereavement Experiences between Widows and Professionals

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoshanna E. Williams Conway ◽  
Bert Hayslip ◽  
Ruth E. Tandy
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Conjugal Bereavement ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Funeral Directors ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Age Related ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Widows and four groups of professionals (clergy, physicians, counselors, and funeral directors) were compared in regards to their perceptions of conjugal bereavement. Results suggested consistent differences between widows' self-perceptions and professionals' views regarding the impact of bereavement and the necessity for adaptative coping mechanisms to deal with loss. Professionals saw bereavement as having a more negative impact and requiring the use of coping skills to a greater extent than did widows. Such differences remained when age at bereavement or length of widowhood were taken into account. Professionals' perceptions of conjugal bereavement were similar to one another. Help-seeking behaviors, age at bereavement, and length of bereavement differentiated widows, while experience in counseling widows failed to separate professionals. Both age-related experiential differences with loss and gender differences in coping with loss may explain these findings. These data underscore the importance of efforts to bring widows and professionals into direct contact with one another in order to lessen misperceptions of conjugal bereavement.

scholarly journals Impaired breathing, sleeping, vitality, and depression, and negative impact of L-T4 treatment characterize health-related quality of life in older people with stable CVD

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 2041-2047
Author(s):  
Anna K. Ojala ◽  
Harri Sintonen ◽  
Risto P. Roine ◽  
Timo E. Strandberg ◽  
Camilla Schalin-Jäntti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
General Population ◽  
Older People ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and thyroid dysfunction are common in older people, but little is known about how they affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods We assessed HRQoL with the 15D instrument in 329 home-dwelling patients aged ≥ 75 years with stable CVD and compared the results to those of an age- and gender-matched general population (n = 103). We also studied the impact of age, BMI, number of medications, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration, levothyroxine (L-T4) substitution and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) on HRQoL. Results Overall HRQoL was impaired in older people with stable CVD (mean 15D score 0.777 vs 0.801, p = 0.001), and also on single dimensions of breathing, sleeping, discomfort and symptoms, distress, vitality (all p < 0.001), and depression (p = 0.016) compared to the age- and gender-matched general population. Furthermore, in the patients, L-T4 substitution associated with impaired sleeping (p = 0.018) and sexual activity (p = 0.030). Moreover, MMSE points, number of medications used, age (all p < 0.001) and BMI (p = 0.009) predicted impaired HRQoL. Conclusions Older people with stable CVD are characterized by impaired HRQoL compared to age- and gender-matched controls. We demonstrate that this is the consequence of impaired breathing, sleeping, discomfort and symptoms, distress, vitality, and depression. L-T4 substitution has a negative impact on HRQoL in old patients with stable CVD. MMSE score, number of medications, age and BMI predict worse HRQoL.

scholarly journals Age Group Differences in Perceived Age Discrimination: Associations With Self-Perceptions of Aging

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (suppl_2) ◽  
pp. S160-S168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah L. Giasson ◽  
Tara L. Queen ◽  
Marina Larkina ◽  
Jacqui Smith
Keyword(s):  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Perceptions Of Aging ◽  
Perceived Age

Perceived Age Discrimination and Job Satisfaction Among Older Employed Men in Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Harada ◽  
Hidehiro Sugisawa ◽  
Yoko Sugihara ◽  
Shizuko Yanagisawa ◽  
Masaya Shimmei
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Additive Effects ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Perceived Age ◽  
High Level

The present study examined the additive effects of age discrimination, as well as the buffering effects of psychosocial resources in reducing the negative impact of age discrimination on job satisfaction, among older employed men in Japan. Data were obtained from a national survey administered in 2016 to a probability-based sample of men aged 55 to 64 years ( n = 514). The results indicated that perceived age discrimination at work was associated with a lower level of job satisfaction. Moreover, a high level of social support from supervisors and coworkers decreased the negative impact of perceived age discrimination on job satisfaction. Our findings suggest that organizational-level interventions might be necessary to mitigate age discrimination and increase social support for keeping older employees in the workforce beyond their conventional retirement age.

scholarly journals Rural Youth in the Arctic Regions of Yakutia in 1970–1980: Quantitative Analysis by Age and Gender

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Pyotr Mikhaylovich Egorov
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Natural Reproduction ◽  
And Gender

This study presents an analysis of the number and age and gender composition of the young genera-tion of rural settlements in the Arctic regions of Ya-kutia in 1970–1980 based on the analysis of statisti-cal sources. One of the main trends in the demo-graphic processes development in the 1970s among rural youth in the Arctic is an increase in its total number. In our opinion, improving the quality of life, working and resting conditions, establishing a so-cio-economic balance between town and country, increasing the well-being of the rural population of the Arctic, as well as the development of industrial production led to an improvement in demographic processes in the 1970s. However, an analysis of the data shows that by the end of the 1980s, stagnation and decline in the total number of rural youth in all age groups began, and the age structure of rural youth changed. In addition, among rural youth in 1989, the gender disproportion in favor of men be-gan to manifest itself more clearly. The shift in the sex balance could have a negative impact on the natural reproduction of the Arctic population.

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