Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2020 Jun 2;75(6):1125-1129. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbz155.
With global aging, it is crucial to understand how older adults and the process of aging are viewed by members of society. These attitudes can often influence how older adults are treated. Since the Journal of Gerontology was founded, we have gained increasing insights into attitudes toward aging, with several notable research developments, including clearer conceptualization of different types of aging attitudes (e.g., life-domain-specific attitudes and self-perceptions of aging), a wider variety of measurements, better understanding of how different social determinants shape aging attitudes, and more sophisticated investigations of cultural variance and invariance in aging attitudes. In this article, we highlight these major shifts in the field of aging attitudes in the past 75 years, discuss the contributions of these developments, and point to potential future directions.
随着全球老龄化的加剧，了解社会成员如何看待老年人和衰老过程至关重要。这些态度往往会影响老年人的待遇。自《老年学杂志》创刊以来，我们对衰老态度有了越来越多的了解，其中包括对不同类型的衰老态度（例如，生活领域特定的态度和对衰老的自我认知）进行更清晰的概念化，更多样化的测量方法，更好地理解不同的社会决定因素如何塑造衰老态度，以及更深入地研究衰老态度的文化差异和不变性。在本文中，我们重点介绍了过去 75 年来衰老态度领域的这些重大转变，讨论了这些发展的贡献，并指出了潜在的未来方向。
