Category: Ageing

Body Prism

Brand, B. (2023). Body prism: An exploration of aesthetic embodied ageing [In preparation, doctoral dissertation]. University of Kent.

Jablonski N. (2021). The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variables. Pigment Cell Melanoma Research.

Jablonski, N. (2020). Skin color and race. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Jablonski, N. (2017). The anthropology of skin colors: An examination of the evolution of skin pigmentation and the concepts of race and skin of color. In N. Vashi & H. Maibach (Eds.). Dermatoanthropology of ethnic skin and hair, (pp. 1-11).

Jablonski, N. and Chaplin, G. (2017). The colours of humanity: the evolution of pigmentation in the human lineage. Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Sexuality + physical attractiveness…

Avalos, L., Tylka, T. L., & Wood-Barcalow, N. (2005). The body appreciation scale: Development and psychometric evaluation. Body image, 2(3), 285-297.

Cash, T. F. (2012). Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance. Academic Press..

Grogan, S. (2021). Body image: Understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women and children. Routledge.

Quittkat, H. L., Hartmann, A. S., Düsing, R., Buhlmann, U., & Vocks, S. (2019). Body dissatisfaction, importance of appearance, and body appreciation in men and women over the lifespan. Frontiers in psychiatry, 10, 864.

Vossbeck-Elsebusch, A. N., Waldorf, M., Legenbauer, T., Bauer, A., Cordes, M., & Vocks, S. (2014). German version of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire–Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS): confirmatory factor analysis and validation. Body image, 11(3), 191-200.

Physiology + personal VoA

Crăciun, I. C. (2023). Fostering Development in Midlife and Older Age: A Positive Psychology Perspective. Springer Nature.

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to aging. Current directions in psychological science, 18(6), 332-336.

Levy, B. R., & Bavishi, A. (2018). Survival advantage mechanism: Inflammation as a mediator of positive self-perceptions of aging on longevity. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 73(3), 409-412.

Levy, B. R., Moffat, S., Resnick, S. M., Slade, M. D., & Ferrucci, L. (2016). Buffer against cumulative stress. GeroPsych.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., Kunkel, S. R., & Kasl, S. V. (2002). Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging. Journal of personality and social psychology, 83(2), 261.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., May, J., & Caracciolo, E. A. (2006). Physical recovery after acute myocardial infarction: Positive age self-stereotypes as a resource. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 62(4), 285-301.

Wurm, S., & Schäfer, S. K. (2022). Gain-but not loss-related self-perceptions of aging predict mortality over a period of 23 years: A multidimensional approach. Journal of personality and social psychology.

Personal VoA + Ageing…

Coudin, G., & Alexopoulos, T. (2010). ‘Help me! I’m old!’How negative aging stereotypes create dependency among older adults. Aging & mental health, 14(5), 516-523.

Kornadt, A. E., Kessler, E. M., Wurm, S., Bowen, C. E., Gabrian, M., & Klusmann, V. (2020). Views on ageing: A lifespan perspective. European Journal of Ageing, 17, 387-401.

Levy, B. (1996). Improving memory in old age through implicit self-stereotyping. Journal of personality and social psychology, 71(6), 1092.

Levy, B. R., Hausdorff, J. M., Hencke, R., & Wei, J. Y. (2000). Reducing cardiovascular stress with positive self-stereotypes of aging. The journals of gerontology series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 55(4), P205-P213.

Levy, B. R., & Myers, L. M. (2004). Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging. Preventive medicine, 39(3), 625-629.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., Kunkel, S. R., & Kasl, S. V. (2002). Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging. Journal of personality and social psychology, 83(2), 261.

Psychological expectations +…

Allport, G. W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Perseus Publishing.

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to aging. Current directions in psychological science, 18(6), 332-336.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., & Kasl, S. V. (2002). Longitudinal benefit of positive self-perceptions of aging on functional health. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 57(5), P409-P417.

Mead, G. H. (1934). Mind, self, and society. Chicago: University of Chicago press.

Merton, R. K. (1968). Social theory and social structure. Simon and Schuster.

Personal VoA vs…

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to aging. Current directions in psychological science, 18(6), 332-336.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., & Kasl, S. V. (2002). Longitudinal benefit of positive self-perceptions of aging on functional health. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 57(5), P409-P417.

Levy, B. R., & Myers, L. M. (2004). Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging. Preventive medicine, 39(3), 625-629.

Kornadt, A. E., Voss, P., & Rothermund, K. (2017). Age stereotypes and self-views revisited: Patterns of internalization and projection processes across the life span. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(4), 582-592.

Rothermund, K., & Brandtstädter, J. (2003). Age stereotypes and self-views in later life: Evaluating rival assumptions. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 27(6), 549-554.

Schwarz, N., & Bless, H. (1992). Assimilation and contrast effects in attitude measurement: An inclusion/exclusion model. ACR North American Advances.

Shrira, A., Palgi, Y., & Diehl, M. (2022). Advancing the field of subjective views of aging: An overview of recent achievements. Subjective Views of Aging: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11-37.

Social status & …

Assari, S. (2018). Health disparities due to diminished return among black Americans: Public policy solutions

Bell, C. N., Sacks, T. K., Tobin, C. S. T., & Thorpe Jr, R. J. (2020). Racial non-equivalence of socioeconomic status and self-rated health among African Americans and Whites

Bonilla-Silva, E. (1997). Rethinking Racism: Toward a Structural Interpretation

Brown, T. H., Hargrove, T. W., Homan, P., & Adkins, D. E. (2023). Racialized Health Inequities: Quantifying Socioeconomic and Stress Pathways Using Moderated Mediation

Chan, M., Lau, C., Lau, C., Ma, T. F. (. (2021). Global Trends In Cross-cultural Endorsement Of Social Mobility: Evidence From 167 Countries

Colen, C. G., Krueger, P. M., & Boettner, B. L. (2018). Do rising tides lift all boats? Racial disparities in health across the lifecourse among middle-class African-Americans and Whites

Daniels, J. R. (2018). “There’s no way this isn’t racist”: White women teachers and the raciolinguistic ideologies of teaching code‐switching

Geronimus, A. T., Hicken, M., Keene, D., & Bound, J. (2006). “Weathering” and age patterns of allostatic load scores among blacks and whites in the United States

Kessler, R. C. (1979). Stress, social status, and psychological distress

Macintyre, S. (1994). Understanding the social patterning of health: the role of the social sciences

McEwen, B. S., & Stellar, E. (1993). Stress and the individual: Mechanisms leading to disease

Pearlin, L. I. (1989). The sociological study of stress

What’s your coping…

Attia, P. peterattiamd.com

Bellingtier, J. A., & Neupert, S. D. (2018). Negative aging attitudes predict greater reactivity to daily stressors in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 73(7), 1155-1159.

Bellingtier, J. A., Neupert, S. D., & Kotter-Grühn, D. (2017). The combined effects of daily stressors and major life events on daily subjective ages. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(4), 613-621

Guidi, J., Lucente, M., Sonino, N., & Fava, G. A. (2020). Allostatic load and its impact on health: a systematic review. Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 90(1), 11-27

Huberman, A. hubermanlab.com

Kato, T. (2015). Frequently used coping scales: A meta‐analysis. Stress and Health, 31(4), 315-323.

LePera, N. theholisticpsychologist.com

Perel, E. esterperel.com

Resilience & Coping Styles Questionnaires. PositivePsychology.com

Wear + Tear = Allostatic Load

Bodner, E., Shrira, A., Hoffman, Y., & Bergman, Y. S. (2021). Day-to-day variability in subjective age and ageist attitudes and their association with depressive symptoms. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(5), 836-844.

Guidi, J., Lucente, M., Sonino, N., & Fava, G. A. (2020). Allostatic load and its impact on health: a systematic review. Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 90(1), 11-27

Juster, R. P., Bizik, G., Picard, M., Arsenault-Lapierre, G., Sindi, S., Trepanier, L., Marin, M-F., Wan, N., Sekerovic, Z., Lord, C., Fiocco, A. J., Plusquellec, P., McEwen, B. S., & Lupien, S. J. (2011). A transdisciplinary perspective of chronic stress in relation to psychopathology throughout life span development. Development and psychopathology, 23(3), 725-776.

McEwen, B. S. (2009). Physiology and Neurobiology of Stress and Adaptation: Central Role of the Brain . Physiological reviews, 87(3), 873-904

Stephan, Y., Caudroit, J., & Chalabaev, A. (2011). Subjective health and memory self-efficacy as mediators in the relation between subjective age and life satisfaction among older adults. Aging & mental health, 15(4), 428-436

Impact of trauma + PTSD

Cherry, K. E. (Ed.). (2015). Traumatic stress and long-term recovery: Coping with disasters and other negative life events. Springer.

Diener, E., & Fujita, F. (1995). Resources, personal strivings, and subjective well-being: a nomothetic and idiographic approach. Journal of personality and social psychology, 68(5), 926. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.68.5.926

Hoffman, Y. S., Shrira, A., Cohen-Fridel, S., Grossman, E. S., & Bodner, E. (2016). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms as a function of the interactive effect of subjective age and subjective nearness to death. Personality and Individual Differences, 102, 245-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.07.017

Palgi, Y., Gelkopf, M., & Berger, R. (2015). The inoculating role of previous exposure to potentially traumatic life events on coping with prolonged exposure to rocket attacks: A lifespan perspective. Psychiatry Research, 227(2-3), 296-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.03.020

Palgi, Y., Shrira, A., Avidor, S., Hoffman, Y., Bodner, E., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2019). Understanding the long-term connections between posttraumatic stress, subjective age, and successful aging among midlife and older adults. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1), 1583523. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1583523

Turner, P. K., Runtz, M. G., & Galambos, N. L. (1999). Sexual abuse, pubertal timing, and subjective age in adolescent girls: A research note. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 17(2), 111-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646839908409091