Open Access"Feeling Younger, Being Stronger": An Experimental Study of Subjective Age and Physical Functioning Among Older Adults
Author(s) -
Yannick Stéphan,
Aïna Chalabaëv,
Dana KotterGrühn,
Alban Jaconelli
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbs037
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , young adult , grip strength , developmental psychology , test (biology) , physical therapy , medicine , social psychology , paleontology , biology
The present study is an attempt to experimentally induce a younger subjective age among older adults and to test whether they show better physical functioning when they are induced to feel younger.
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