Category: Social Psychology

Our body is aesthetic & functional…

Don’t Shock Me: Madalyn’s law USA/NJ petition.

Lauren Wasser – Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning). Diary of a CEO: Steven Bartlett (youtube).

Toxic shock syndrome – National Health Service (NHS).

Probiotic combo stops bacteria that cause toxic shock syndrome. Science Daily.

Schlievert, P. M., Gaitán, A. V., Kilgore, S. H., Roe, A. L., Maukonen, J., Lehtoranta, L., … & Marsman, D. S. (2023). Inhibition of Toxic Shock Syndrome-Associated Staphylococcus aureus by Probiotic Lactobacilli. Microbiology Spectrum, e01735-23.

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.

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.

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

Human ageing is…

Baltes, P. B. (1987). Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: On the dynamics between growth and decline. Developmental psychology, 23(5), 611. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.23.5.611.

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to aging. Current directions in psychological science, 18(6), 332-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01662.x.

Tully-Wilson, C., Bojack, R., Millear, P. M., Stallman, H. M., Allen, A., & Mason, J. (2021). Self-perceptions of aging: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Psychology and Aging, 36(7), 773. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000638.

Abnormal vs Normal Ageing

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype Embodiment: A Psychosocial Approach to Aging. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(6), 332–336. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01662.x.

Nyberg, L., Boraxbekk, C.J., Sörman, D.E., Hansson, P., Herlitz, A., Kauppi, K., Ljungberg, J.K., Lövheim, H., Lundquist, A., Adolfsson, A.N. and Oudin, A. (2020). Biological and environmental predictors of heterogeneity in neurocognitive ageing: Evidence from Betula and other longitudinal studies. Ageing research reviews, 64, 101184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2020.101184.

Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L. (1987). Human aging: usual and successful. Science, 237(4811), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3299702

Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L. (2015). Successful aging 2.0: Conceptual expansions for the 21st century. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 70(4), 593-596. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv025.

Segal, D. L., Qualls, S. H., & Smyer, M. A. (2018). Aging and mental health. John Wiley & Sons.