Resources
- Recorded webcast
- Jacqui Smith’s presentation
- AHCJ core topic: Aging
- Aging news from Covering Health
- University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
- The Gerontologist, August 2017, special supplement
Recorded Nov. 29
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A group of four studies led by University of Michigan researchers finds that beliefs about one’s own aging are predictive of future health. Self-perception affects a person’s physical and mental well-being – from timeliness of seeking care to feelings about themselves, their partners, and other older adults.
Jacqui Smith, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging, and co-author of several of the studies, will discuss how self-perceptions of aging affect health and the role the media plays in reinforcing those perceptions.
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Jacqui Smith, Ph.D., professor of psychology, University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging
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Moderator: Liz Seegert, AHCJ topic leader on aging
Smith’s research deals with the potential and limits of development and change during adulthood and old age. She uses experimental and survey methodologies to investigate age-cohort differences and age-related change in cognitive functioning, self-regulation, and well-being. Her current research focuses on psychological vitality in the Third and Fourth Age (65 to 100 ), psychological predictors of longevity, individual differences in intra-person psychological dynamics, and the application of intelligence, cognition, and life knowledge (wisdom) during adulthood.
Here is some of the research Smith will be discussing from the Aug. 2 issue of The Gerontologist:
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Self-Perceptions of Aging and Perceived Barriers to Care: Reasons for Health Care Delay — Sun, Smith, et. al.
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Age Differences in Explicit and Implicit Age Attitudes Across the Life Span – Chopik, Glasson
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Age Group Differences in Perceived Age Discrimination: Associations With Self-Perceptions of Aging — Glasson, Queen, et. al.
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Couples’ Shared Beliefs About Aging and Implications for Future Functional Limitations — Mejia, Gonzalez
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