The aging self in a cultural context: The relation of conceptions of aging to identity processes and self-esteem in the United States and the Netherlands

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-60

  Westerhof, Gerben J ^a   Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^b   Freeman, Gillian P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age identity; Cross cultural differences; Identity processes; Perceptions of aging; Personal experience of aging; Self enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856478526     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr075     Document Type: Article

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