THE INFLUENCE OF AGING SELF-STEREOTYPES ON HEALTH

描述(来自应用程序)：这是一份关于年龄的MRSDA的请求 (MRSDAA)(K01)。该应用程序的总体目标是提供 候选人，Becca Levy，博士，拥有监督研究和教育 将使她成为一名独立调查员的经验 关于心理社会因素如何影响老年人的长期健康。 利维博士是一名实验社会心理学家，后来成为了Yu的教员 在1999年。K01奖，以及耶鲁大学支持性的研究环境， 将为利维博士提供成功职业生涯的科学工具 发展。 职业发展计划的目标包括培养以下方面的能力： (1)老龄化的心理社会流行病学；(2)适当的高级统计数据 用于分析纵向数据集；(3)老年残疾研究； 以及(4)进行和管理纵向研究所涉及的问题。 两项拟议研究的总体目标是确定 年迈的自我刻板印象，老年人对老年人的看法， 影响功能和生存的模式。在研究1中，预测 更积极的老化自我刻板印象，通过对 费城老年士气量表的老龄化子量表(Lawton，1975)，Will 导致较低的伤残率和死亡率以及较高的恢复率 在那些成为残疾人的人中。该项目将使用俄亥俄州纵向 21岁以上六波数据的老化与适应研究 1106名参与者的年龄在基线时为50岁或以上。 在研究2中，预测到更多积极的变老自我刻板印象，如 通过考生设计的开放式问题在基线上进行测量， 将保护个人不会在 日常生活活动(ADL)，并将帮助那些个人，谁发展 ADL依赖恢复。研究2将利用突发性事件 该项目对754名70岁或以上的人进行了持续的纵向研究， 住在纽黑文。这项研究将包括三年的月度 关于功能的电话采访。 总之，这些研究提供了一个极好的培训机会， 确定新的残疾和死亡风险因素的可能性 可能会成为心理社会干预的目标。

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.