APS
2025 APS Annual Convention
Views of Aging: Their Impact on Ageism, Social Goals, and Prosociality
Subject Area: Developmental
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