A case study was recently published in the American Psychological Association’s journal “Psychology and Aging”. Last Monday, on the topic Postponing old age: evidence of a historical shift towards a later onset of old age, which deals with views and ideas about old age and being elderly. There was an important finding Participants in the research project aged 60 and over believed that “old age” should begin at around 75, based on the previous idea that old age should begin at around 60.
This case study uses data from a total of 140,000 participants from the questionnaires of the German Aging Survey. They are aged between 40 and 85, born between 1911 and 1974. They will have to answer the questionnaire eight times between 1996 and 2021.
The results of the study, which took time to follow the sample continuously for 25 years, detail that participants born between 1911 and 1935 believed that old age should begin earlier than, for example, people born after 1935. When people born in 1911 reach age 65, they say old age begins at 71, while people born in 1956 say old age begins at 74.
There are also differences between males and females. The number of elderly people in the eyes of the women participating in the project is approximately 2.4 years greater than that of the men.
Other factors such as loneliness, health and different place of residence This also influenced the project participants’ views on the onset of old age.
The research team is convinced that a person’s view or idea about the onset of old age extends to that period. This is partly due to the impact of changes in life expectancy (life expectancy) for the better.
Furthermore, the research team also highlighted that Their findings could also have implications for how people prepare and how quickly they prepare for old age.
The research team expects that Whether the numbers indicate the average life expectancy or the life expectancy is higher. It affects the perspective of the onset of old age. Furthermore, the health of the new generation is better than the previous generation. As a result, when one reaches the age that according to the original concept is called “old age”, Instead he saw that it was not yet time to become old.
This perspective or concept of old age has changed. It is a reflection of social and historical changes. Including adjustments to pension, work and medical progress. The research team assessed whether cultural values about aging and aging influence this change in views.
The research team suggested undertaking further studies and data collection. To explore that perspective will continue to change Or are there differences in other regions? Isn’t this Western society? Focusing on the Asian region It will be very useful Because many countries in Asia It has the longest-lived population in the world.
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