A case study was recently published in the American Psychological Association’s American journal “Psychology and Aging.” Last Monday, in the topic of Postponing Old Age: Evidence for Historical Change Toward a Later Perceived Onset of Old Age, which is about views and ideas about old age and being the elderly. There was an important discovery that Participants in the research project who were 60 years of age and older believed that “old age” should begin at approximately 75 years of age, from the previous idea that old age should begin at approximately 60 years of age.
This case study uses data from a total of 140,000 participants, from questionnaires from the German Aging Survey. They are between the ages of 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, indicate the details that Participants born between 1911 and 1935 believed that old age should begin earlier than people born after 1935, for example. When people born in 1911 reach the age of 65, they say old age begins at age 71, while people born in 1956 say old age begins at age 74.
There are also differences between males and females. The number of old age in the eyes of female project participants is approximately 2.4 years greater than the number in the eyes of males.
Other factors such as loneliness, health and place of residence different It also influenced the project participants’ views on the beginning of old age.
The research team believes that A person’s view or idea about the beginning of old age extends to that period. This is partly due to the impact of life expectancy (life expectancy) changing for the better.
Moreover, The research team also pointed out that Their findings may also have implications for how people prepare for and when people prepare for old age.
The research team expects that The fact that the numbers indicate the average life expectancy or life expectancy is higher. It affects the perspective on the beginning of old age. In addition, the health of the new generation is better than the previous generation. As a result, when reaching the age that is known as “old age” according to the original concept, Instead, he saw that it was not yet time to become an elderly person.
This perspective or concept of old age has changed. It is a reflection of social and historical changes. Including adjustments to retirement, work and medical advancements. The research team assessed whether cultural values about aging and aging influence this change in views.
The research team has suggested that further study and data collection should be undertaken. To explore that perspective will continue to change Or are there differences in other regions? Is that not a western society? Focusing on the Asian region It will be very useful. Because many Countries in Asia It has the longest living population in the world.
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