APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Will I Always Look Young and Beautiful? How College Students Think They Will Look When They Are Old

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • Martin Sherman
    Loyola University Maryland
  • Robert Smith
    Morgan State University
  • Charlene Chester
    Morgan State University

Abstract

Using white college students, a survey was conducted on how physically attractive they thought they would look when 70-80 years-old. They expected to look younger than their actual age, to look more attractive than their future older cohorts yet expected to have many of the often accompanying signs of aging.

Aging

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