APS
2025 APS Annual Convention
Views of Aging: Their Impact on Ageism, Social Goals, and Prosociality
This symposium presents four talks demonstrating the impact of views of aging about general gains and losses and prosociality on ageist attitudes, interpersonal goals, self-reported and actual prosocial behavior, and explores the role of awareness of age-related changes in Western (Europe, USA) and Asian cultural contexts (South Korea, China).
Chairs & Discussants
- Alexandra M. FreundChair
University of Zurich - Jana NikitinCoChair
University of Vienna
Presentations
- The within-Person Coupling of Daily Awareness of Age-Related Changes and Ageist AttitudesShevaun Neupert
- The Impact of Self-Perceptions of Aging on Social GoalsJana Nikitin, Christina Ristl, Selma Korlat, Fiona Rupprecht
- Prescriptive Views of Aging on Prosocial Behavior in Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Awareness of Age-Related ChangesHongmei Lin, Zhixuan Lin, Yiwen Wu, Helene Fung
- The Impact of Age-Related Cultural Norms on Prosocial BehaviorAlexandra M. Freund, Saein Lee