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The Impact of Aging Policy on Societal Age Stereotypes and Ageism

Author(s) -

Reuben Ng,

Ting Yu Joanne Chow,

Wenshu Yang

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnab151

Subject(s) - medicalization , unintended consequences , newspaper , public policy , stereotype (uml) , health care , health policy , political science , gerontology , psychology , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , law

While studies have researched ageism in public policy, few investigated the impact of aging policy on ageism-typically, an unintended consequence. Ageism is linked to $63 billion in health care costs, so its antecedents are of interest. We test the association between Aging Policy Agenda Setting and Societal Age Stereotypes and hypothesize a mediating pathway via Medicalization of Aging, moderated by demographics.

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