Objective Although there is anecdotal evidence of ageism occurring at both the structural
level (in which societal institutions reinforce systematic bias against older persons) and …

As the population of older adults increases, it is important to understand what may assist
every older person to live well and longer. Using a systematic review, this study examined …

This article updates and extends an earlier meta-analysis (Westerhof et al., 2014) on the
longitudinal effects of subjective aging (SA) on health outcomes. A systematic search in …

The World Health Organization's (WHO) active aging framework recognizes that age barriers
and ageism need to be removed in order to increase potential for active aging. However …

Personal views on aging, such as age stereotypes and subjective aging, can affect various
health outcomes in later life. For the past 20 years or so, a large body of experimental and …

Evidence is accumulating on the effects of subjective aging—that is, how individuals
perceive their own aging process—on health and survival in later life. The goal of this article …

Humans are able to reflect on and interpret their own aging. Thus, as individuals grow older,
calendar age may become increasingly a subjective variable. This theoretical paper …

Rationale Population aging is a major societal challenge that the US and many other
countries are facing. The roles of intergenerational interactions are being increasingly …

The notion of the heterogeneity of aging goes along with the awareness that every person
experiences aging differently. Over the past years, scholars have emphasized that the …

Observational data have shown that some cancer survivors develop chronic conditions like
frailty, sarcopenia, cardiac dysfunction, and mild cognitive impairment earlier and/or at a …