Positive Expectations Regarding Aging Linked to More New Friends in Later Life

OBJECTIVES: Negative perceptions of aging can be self-fulfilling prophecies, predicting worse cognitive and physical outcomes. Although older adults are portrayed as either lonely curmudgeons or perfect grandparents, little research addresses how perceptions of aging relate to social outcomes. We co...

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Published in:J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
Main Authors: Menkin, Josephine A, Robles, Theodore F, Gruenewald, Tara L, Tanner, Elizabeth K, Seeman, Teresa E
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5926985/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26903172
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv118
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