Shimizu, Y.(清水佑輔), Sato, K., Ogawa, S., Cho, D., Takahashi, Y., Yamashiro, D., Li, Y., Takahashi, T., Hinakura, K., Iizuka, A., Furuya, T., & Suzuki, H. (2024). Subjective well-being and implicit anti-old attitudes held by Japanese older adults, 日本人高齢者における、主観的ウェルビーイングと高齢者に対する潜在的態度 Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 24(S1), 402-404. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14721
While ageism in younger people has been examined in many gerontological studies, how older adults perceive older people has not been well examined. We examined the relationship between older adults’ subjective well-being and implicit anti-old attitudes. This study included 56 older Japanese participants (49 women and 7 men; mean age = 71.39 ± 4.38 years; range = 65–82 years). Multiple regression analysis was conducted with implicit anti-old attitudes as the dependent variable, and subjective well-being, cognitive function, higher-level functional capacity, and demographics as the independent variables. Results showed that higher subjective well-being had a marginally significant relationship with fewer implicit anti-old attitudes (β = -.26, p = .08). In future studies, we should improve anti-old attitudes held by older adults.