THE INFLUENCE OF AGING SELF-STEREOTYPES ON HEALTH

描述（来自应用程序）：这是一个老龄化MRSDA的请求 （MRSDAA）（K01）。 应用程序的总体目标是提供 候选人贝卡·利维博士有监督的研究和教育 这将使她成为一名独立的调查员， 心理社会因素如何影响老年人的长期健康。 利维博士是一位实验社会心理学家， 1999年 K 01奖，沿着耶鲁大学的支持性研究环境， 将为利维博士提供成功事业的科学工具 发展 职业发展计划的目标包括： (1)老龄化的社会心理流行病学;（2）先进的统计适当 （3）老年残疾研究; 以及（4）纵向研究的实施和管理所涉及的问题。 这两项拟议研究的总体目标是确定 老年人的自我刻板印象，老年人对老年人的信念， 影响功能和生存的模式。 在研究1中，预测 更积极的老龄化自我刻板印象，如态度， 费城老年人士气量表（Lawton，1975）的老化子量表将 从而降低残疾率和死亡率，提高康复率 在那些成为残疾人的人中。 该项目将使用俄亥俄州纵向 老化和适应的研究，包括六波数据超过21 1106名参与者，基线时年龄在50岁或以上。 在研究2中，据预测，更积极的老龄化自我刻板印象， 通过候选人设计的开放式问题进行基线测量， 将保护个人免受依赖性发作的影响， 日常生活活动（ADL），并将帮助这些人，谁发展 ADL依赖恢复。 研究2将利用 项目，一项对754名70岁或以上的人进行的纵向研究， 住在纽黑文 这项研究将包括为期三年的每月 电话采访功能。 总之，这些研究提供了一个极好的培训机会， 确定一个新的残疾和死亡风险因素的可能性， 可能是心理干预的目标

DESCRIPTION (from application): This is a request for a MRSDA in Aging (MRSDAA) (K01). The overall aim of the application is to provide the candidate, Becca Levy, Ph.D., with a supervised research and educational experience that will enable her to become an independent investigator focusing on how psychosocial factors influence the long-term health of the elderly. Dr. Levy, an experimental social psychologist, became a faculty member at YU in 1999. A K01 Award, along with the supportive research environment at Yale, would provide Dr. Levy with the scientific tools for successful career development. The aims of the career development plan include developing a proficiency in: (1) psychosocial epidemiology of aging; (2) advanced statistics appropriate for analyzing longitudinal data sets; (3) research on disability in old age; and (4) issues involved in conducting and managing a longitudinal study. The overall objective of the two proposed studies is to determine whether aging self-stereotypes, beliefs about old people held by the elderly, influence patterns of functioning and survival. In Study 1, it is predicted that more positive aging self-stereotypes, as measured by the Attitude toward Aging subscale of the Philadelphia Geriatric Morale Scale (Lawton, 1975), will lead to lower rates of disability and mortality and higher rates of recovery among those that become disabled. This project will use the Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Adaptation that includes six waves of data more than 21 years on 1106 participants, who were 50 years or older at baseline. In Study 2, it is predicted that more positive aging self-stereotypes, as measured at baseline by an open-ended question designed by the candidate, will protect individuals from experiencing an onset of dependence in activities of daily living (ADL) and will help those individuals, who develop ADL dependence to recover. Study 2 will draw on the Precipitating Events Project, an ongoing longitudinal study of 754 persons, 70 years or older, living in New Haven. This study will include three years of monthly telephone interviews about functioning. Together, these studies offer an excellent training opportunity and the possibility of identifying a new risk factor for disability and mortality that could be targeted by a psychosocial intervention.