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Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1981;14(4):307-18. doi: 10.2190/85b7-w8gd-7gme-ujk9.
The social psychology of aging as currently practiced within social gerontology is incomplete. It is quite different from sociological approaches to (nonaging) social psychology and virtually unrelated to psychological ones. This incompleteness--its origins, range, and effects--is examined, and the outlines of a more complete social psychology of aging are presented in this article. The development of a more complete social psychology of aging, and its expansion toward a life span developmental social psychology, is possible and would have beneficial effects on both social psychologists and on social gerontological research and practice.
当前社会老年学领域所践行的老年社会心理学并不完整。它与社会学视角下（非老年群体）的社会心理学大相径庭，与心理学视角下的社会心理学也几乎毫无关联。本文探讨了这种不完整性——其起源、范围及影响，并勾勒出了一个更完整的老年社会心理学的轮廓。发展出一个更完整的老年社会心理学，并将其扩展为一种毕生发展社会心理学是可行的，这将对社会心理学家以及社会老年学的研究与实践产生有益影响。
