Ageism and Risk-Taking in Young Adults: Evidence for a Link between Death Anxiety and Ageism

Autor/inn/en	Popham, Lauren E.; Kennison, Shelia M.; Bradley, Kristopher I.
Titel	Ageism and Risk-Taking in Young Adults: Evidence for a Link between Death Anxiety and Ageism
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 35 (2011) 8, S.751-763 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
DOI	10.1080/07481187.2011.573176
Schlagwörter	Social Bias; Age Differences; Undergraduate Students; Health Behavior; Correlation; Drug Abuse; At Risk Persons; Smoking; Drinking; Death; Young Adults; Adolescents; Sexuality; Anxiety; Attitude Measures; Surveys; Oklahoma; Youth Risk Behavior Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Rauchen; Trinken; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Angst; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	The authors investigated the relationship between ageism and risk-taking in young adults. They hypothesized that young adults may attempt to distance themselves from their future older selves and from an awareness of their mortality by seeking out experiences that make them feel strong, energetic, and invulnerable (i.e., experiences involving risk-taking). We report a study whose results confirmed the hypothesis. Our study involved 408 undergraduates (226 women, 182 men) who completed the Centers for Disease Control's 2007 State and Local Youth Risk Behavior Survey and measures of 2 distinct aspects of ageism: (a) ageist attitudes and (b) ageist behaviors. Both ageist attitudes and behaviors correlated positively with risk-taking (i.e., sexual behavior, alcohol use, cigarette use, and drug use). The results are consistent with terror management theory's view of ageism as a buffer against death anxiety. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10