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A chapter a day: Association of book reading with longevity

scientific article (publication date: September 2016)

A culture-brain link: Negative age stereotypes predict Alzheimer's disease biomarkers

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

A psychological predictor of elders' driving performance: social-comparisons on the road

scientific article published on 18 February 2013

Accelerated DNA Methylation Aging in U.S. Military Veterans: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Active coping shields against negative aging self-stereotypes contributing to psychiatric conditions

scientific article published on 02 March 2019

Age attributions and aging health: contrast between the United States and Japan

scientific article

Age stereotypes held earlier in life predict cardiovascular events in later life

scientific article published on 13 February 2009

Aging free from negative stereotypes: successful memory in China and among the American deaf

scientific article published in June 1994

Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Association Between Negative Age Stereotypes and Accelerated Cellular Aging: Evidence from Two Cohorts of Older Adults

scientific article published on 19 September 2016

Association between positive age stereotypes and recovery from disability in older persons

scientific article published on November 2012

Benefit of Gender-Affirming Medical Treatment for Transgender Elders: Later-Life Alignment of Mind and Body

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

Causal thinking after a tsunami wave: karma beliefs, pessimistic explanatory style and health among Sri Lankan survivors

scientific article published on 21 March 2008

Effects of Layoffs and Plant Closings on Depression Among Older Workers

scientific article published on January 2008

Exclusion of elderly persons from health-risk behavior clinical trials

scientific article

Exposure to American culture is associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder among ethnic minority women

scientific article published on November 5, 2010

Facebook as a site for negative age stereotypes

scientific article published on 7 February 2013

From serving in the military to serving loved ones: unique experiences of older veteran caregivers

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Gender differences in short-term cardiovascular effects of giving and receiving support for health concerns in marriage

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Global reach of ageism on older persons' health: A systematic review

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

Health advantages of ethnic density for African American and Mexican American elderly individuals

scientific article published on 18 October 2012

Hearing decline predicted by elders' stereotypes

scientific article published in March 2006

Heritability of depressive symptoms: a case study using a multilevel approach

scientific article

Higher rates of depression in women: role of gender bias within the family

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Husbands' and Wives' Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms: Longitudinal Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study

scientific article

Idealization of youthfulness predicts worse recovery among older individuals

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Image of aging scale

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Impact of Perceived Racism on Healthcare Access Among Older Minority Adults

scientific article published on 14 February 2019

Improving memory in old age through implicit self-stereotyping

article by Becca Levy published 1996 in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Increasing negativity of age stereotypes across 200 years: evidence from a database of 400 million words

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Influence of African American elders' age stereotypes on their cardiovascular response to stress

scientific article

Influence of Valentine’s Day and Halloween on Birth Timing

scientific article published on July 28, 2011

Influence of culture and age on control beliefs: the missing link of interdependence

scientific article published in January 2006

Lifetime Discrimination Associated with Greater Likelihood of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging

scientific article

Longitudinal benefit of positive self-perceptions of aging on functional health

scientific article

Lower prevalence of psychiatric conditions when negative age stereotypes are resisted

scientific article

Memory shaped by age stereotypes over time

scientific article

Mind matters: cognitive and physical effects of aging self-stereotypes

scientific article

OUP accepted manuscript

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Older Age Associated with Mental Health Resiliency in Sexual Minority US Veterans

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Older persons' exclusion from sexually transmitted disease risk-reduction clinical trials

scientific article published on August 2007

PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL COHESION ON ELDER ABUSE IN INDIAN OLDER ADULTS

scholarly article in Innovation in Aging, vol. 3, Suppl 1, November 2019

Perceived needs for geriatric education by medical students, internal medicine residents and faculty

scientific article

Pettiness: Conceptualization, measurement and cross-cultural differences

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Physical recovery after acute myocardial infarction: positive age self-stereotypes as a resource

scientific article published in January 2006

Positive Aging Views in the General Population Predict Better Long-Term Cognition for Elders in Eight Countries

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

Positive age beliefs protect against dementia even among elders with high-risk gene

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Positive views of aging reduce risk of developing later-life obesity

Posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma characteristics are correlates of premenstrual dysphoric disorder

scientific article published on July 23, 2011

Prevalence of and sex disparities in posttraumatic stress disorder in an internally displaced Sri Lankan population 6 months after the 2004 Tsunami

scientific article

Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Promoting healthy people 2010 through small grants

scientific article published on 30 June 2006

Reactivity to a Spouse's Interpersonal Suffering in Late Life Marriage: A Mixed-Methods Approach

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Residual stigma: psychological distress among the formerly overweight

scientific article published on 03 April 2012

Resiliency Over Time of Elders' Age Stereotypes After Encountering Stressful Events.

scientific article

Retirement as Meaningful: Positive Retirement Stereotypes Associated with Longevity

scientific article published on 09 March 2016

Self-Acceptance and Interdependence Promote Longevity: Evidence From a 20-year Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Spousal Associations Between Frailty and Depressive Symptoms: Longitudinal Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study

scientific article published on April 2016

Stereotype Embodiment: A Psychosocial Approach to Aging

scientific article

Subliminal strengthening: improving older individuals' physical function over time with an implicit-age-stereotype intervention

scientific article

Successful Aging in Older US Veterans: Results From the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Survival Advantage Mechanism: Inflammation as a Mediator of Positive Self-Perceptions of Aging on Longevity

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

The impact of both spousal caregivers' and care recipients' health on relationship satisfaction in the Caregiver Health Effects Study

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

The stereotype-matching effect: greater influence on functioning when age stereotypes correspond to outcomes

scientific article published on March 2009

To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults' Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering

scientific article published on 29 September 2015

When Culture Influences Genes: Positive Age Beliefs Amplify the Cognitive-Aging Benefit of APOE ϵ2

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

When parents matter to their adult children: filial reliance associated with parents' depressive symptoms

scientific article published on January 2008

When self-interest and age sterotypes collide: elders opposing increased funds for programs benefiting themselves

scientific article published on 01 January 2005