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The impact of aging stereotypes on dementia worry

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  • Joie Molden

    (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)

  • Molly Maxfield

    (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)

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Dementia worry, an anxiety-related response to the possibility of developing dementia, represents an important yet underexplored health concern for an aging population. Such a construct is likely impacted by stereotypes concerning aging, including biased associations of aging with inevitable cognitive decline. The present article explores the impact of mixed positive and negative aging stereotype messages on levels of dementia worry. The Fear of Alzheimer’s Disease Scale (FADS) was used to measure impact of priming with different proportions of positive and negative aging stereotype words. The priming intervention was modeled after Levy (J Pers Soc Psychol 71:1092–1107, 1996, doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.6.1092 ). Eighty older adult participants (M age = 71.65, SD = 6.57) were exposed to mostly positive aging stereotype words, half positive/half negative words, mostly negative words, all negative words, or non-stereotype words. Mean FADS item response was significantly impacted by priming such that those in the all negative condition had highest levels of dementia worry, F(4, 75) = 2.48, p = .05, $$\eta_{p}^{2} = 0.12$$ η p 2 = 0.12 . This effect was strengthened when relevance of aging stereotypes was controlled for, p

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  • Joie Molden & Molly Maxfield, 2017. "The impact of aging stereotypes on dementia worry," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 29-37, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujoag:v:14:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10433-016-0378-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10433-016-0378-z
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    1. Catherine E. Bowen & Eva-Marie Kessler & Julia Segler, 2019. "Dementia worry in middle-aged and older adults in Germany: sociodemographic, health-related and psychological correlates," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 39-52, March.
    2. A. E. Burton & S. E. Dean & W. Demeyin & J. Reeves, 2021. "Questionnaire measures of self-directed ageing stereotype in older adults: a systematic review of measurement properties," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 18(1), pages 117-144, March.

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