scholarly journals IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT AGE STEREOTYPES FOR SPECIFIC LIFE DOMAINS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (Suppl_3) ◽  
pp. 313-313
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Age Stereotypes ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

The Life Span Development of Generativity

2020 ◽  
pp. 365-384
Author(s):  
Michael W. Pratt ◽  
M. Kyle Matsuba ◽  
Heather L. Lawford ◽  
Feliciano Villar
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Life Span Development ◽  
Cultural Variations

This chapter addresses the development of generativity, Erikson’s conception of the midlife strength in his eight-stage model of personality development. Following Erikson, the authors define generativity as care for next generations and set it in the context of both personality theory and life span development. Specifically, the authors draw on the framework of McAdams that characterizes personality as composed of three sequentially developing levels: actions, goals/motives, and the narrative life story (a mature form of narrative that provides the self with a sense of meaning and identity). The authors then review research on generativity as expressed from adolescence to later adulthood, which indicates that it is a relevant construct across this entire period in a variety of life domains. They also consider factors influencing generativity levels, including family background and cultural variations. Throughout the chapter, the authors consider the connections of generativity to morality across different facets of personality and stages of the adult life span.

scholarly journals Multiple standards of aging: gender-specific age stereotypes in different life domains

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna E. Kornadt ◽  
Peggy Voss ◽  
Klaus Rothermund
Keyword(s):  
Life Domains ◽  
Age Stereotypes ◽  
Gender Specific

scholarly journals Age Differences in Age Stereotypes

GeroPsych ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara De Paula Couto ◽  
Ronja Ostermeier ◽  
Klaus Rothermund
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Old People ◽  
Age Stereotypes ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Better Than

Abstract. We examined the domain-specific views of young and old people held by young (18–30 years, n = 278) and older adults (60–85 years, n = 289) in Germany, the USA, and India. Views about old and young people differed between life domains but were mostly similar across age groups and countries. Older adults in the USA and Germany – but not in India – held slightly less negative views about old people than did young people in some domains, possibly indicating a projection of better-than-expected own aging experiences of older adults into their in-group stereotypes in Western countries. The findings of our study can be explained by socialization processes, supporting mostly a developmental perspective regarding the acquisition and endorsement of age stereotypes.

Preparation for old age in different life domains

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna E. Kornadt ◽  
Klaus Rothermund
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Financial Arrangements ◽  
Age Related Changes

We investigated preparation for age-related changes from a multidimensional, life span perspective and administered a newly developed questionnaire to a large sample aged 30–80 years. Preparing for age-related changes was organized by life domains, with domain-specific types of preparation addressing obstacles and opportunities in the respective domains. Preparing for a third (focusing on activities, leisure, work, fitness, appearance) and a fourth age (focusing on emergencies, dependence/independence, housing, financial arrangements) emerged as superordinate categories of preparation. Different age gradients were obtained for the factors, the former peaking around the age of 65, whereas the latter increased linearly up to the age of 80. Furthermore, preparation factors were characterized by distinct personality profiles. The findings attest to the importance of a differentiated view on preparation for age-related changes and its relevance across the life span.

scholarly journals When and Why Does Subjective Age Boost Competence and Proactive Work Behavior?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 620-620
Author(s):  
David Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Speaking Up ◽  
Age Bias ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Age Stereotypes

Abstract Subjective age bias suggests that middle-aged and older adults feel relative younger, whereas adolescents and young adults often feel older than their chronological age. However, we still know very little about its social conditions and consequences across the life span particularly within the work domain. Across three studies (correlational, experimental, and field: Ns = 650, 16-85 years), we show that feeling older (among younger adults) and younger (among older adults) is triggered by undesirable age stereotypes concerning competence and status of young and later adulthood and desirable age stereotypes of midlife. We further demonstrate that feeling relatively older among young adults and younger among older adults increases individuals’ self-perceived competence at work and predicts proactive behavior such as speaking up. We discuss subjective age bias as socially-mediated phenomenon and how it affects behavior at work across the life span.

Whole-Life Career Self-Management: A Conceptual Framework

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484532095772
Author(s):  
Andreas Hirschi ◽  
Hannes Zacher ◽  
Kristen M. Shockley
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Life Career

Contemporary careers require flexible career self-management across the life span that takes work and nonwork roles into account. However, existing models of career self-management do not focus on how work and nonwork life domains interact in this process and work–life research largely neglected a careers perspective. To address this issue, we present a new theoretical framework of career self-management that considers the intersection of work and nonwork roles. Our model integrates insights from career self-management, action regulation, and the work–nonwork interface to propose how goals, action plans, and behaviors across work and nonwork roles are dynamically linked and how these processes lead to career satisfaction, work–life balance, and psychological well-being, affected by contextual and personal role expectations and resources and barriers. Our framework has implications for the theoretical understanding of career self-management, the work–life interface, a whole-life perspective on career development, and contextual factors in career development across the life span.

scholarly journals Contexts of Aging: Assessing Evaluative Age Stereotypes in Different Life Domains

2011 ◽  
Vol 66B (5) ◽  
pp. 547-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna E. Kornadt ◽  
Klaus Rothermund
Keyword(s):  
Life Domains ◽  
Age Stereotypes
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