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Interactions between stereotype threat, subjective aging, and memory in older adults
Marquet, Manon; Missotten, Pierre; Dardenne, Benoît et al.
2019In Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 26 (1), p. 121-143
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Keywords :
stereotype threat; age stereotypes; self-perceptions of aging; subjective age; memory
Abstract :
[en] This study examined whether the effects of stereotype threat on memory and subjective age were moderated by positive age stereotypes and self-perceptions of aging among older adults. Perceived threat as a mechanism underlying these effects was also explored. Results showed that stereotype threat (high vs. low threat) did not affect the dependent variables. Moreover, self-perceptions of aging did not moderate the effect of stereotype threat on the dependent variables. However, for people with more positive age stereotypes, older people under high threat perceived more threat than people under low threat. This could be explained by an effect of age stereotypes in the high-threat group: the more positive age stereotypes held by participants, the more they perceived threat, which in turn decreased their memory performance and made them feel mentally older. We hypothesized that age group identity is stronger in people with more positive age stereotypes, which increase perceived threat.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Marquet, Manon ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement
Missotten, Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement
Dardenne, Benoît ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie sociale
Adam, Stéphane  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement
Language :
English
Title :
Interactions between stereotype threat, subjective aging, and memory in older adults
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition
ISSN :
1382-5585
eISSN :
1744-4128
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom
Volume :
26
Issue :
1
Pages :
121-143
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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