{"id":4481,"date":"2025-10-30T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:48:53","slug":"rethinking-aging-to-stay-active-and-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/2025\/10\/rethinking-aging-to-stay-active-and-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Aktif ve sa\u011fl\u0131kl\u0131 kalmak i\u00e7in ya\u015flanmay\u0131 yeniden d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnmek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yazan: A\u00efna Chalabaev, Grenoble Alpes \u00dcniversitesi, Fransa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00d6nceki bir g\u00f6nderide belirtildi\u011fi gibi, d\u00fczenli fiziksel aktivitenin sa\u011fl\u0131\u011fa faydalar\u0131 65 ya\u015f ve \u00fcst\u00fc ki\u015filer i\u00e7in iyi bilinmektedir. D\u00fcnya <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241599979\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sa\u011fl\u0131k \u00d6rg\u00fct\u00fc taraf\u0131ndan <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0sa\u011fl\u0131k kazan\u0131mlar\u0131yla ili\u015fkili faaliyetlerin miktar\u0131 ve t\u00fcr\u00fc konusunda net y\u00f6nergeler belirlenmi\u015ftir. Bununla birlikte, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0140673612606461?via%3Dihub\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ya\u015fl\u0131 insanlar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> d\u00fcnya \u00e7ap\u0131nda n\u00fcfusun en hareketsiz kesimi aras\u0131nda yer almaktad\u0131r.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Herkese uyan tek bir m\u00fcdahalenin s\u0131n\u0131rlar\u0131<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bu, fiziksel aktivitenin faydalar\u0131 konusunda fark\u0131ndal\u0131k yaratman\u0131n yeterli olmad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 vurgulamaktad\u0131r; niyet-davran\u0131\u015f bo\u015flu\u011funu kapatmak gereklidir. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/abm\/article-abstract\/46\/1\/81\/4563254?redirectedFrom=fulltext&amp;login=false\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sa\u011fl\u0131k psikolojisi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar\u0131, sa\u011fl\u0131kl\u0131 davran\u0131\u015flar\u0131 te\u015fvik etmek i\u00e7in bir dizi teoriye dayal\u0131 teknik geli\u015ftirdiler. Bununla birlikte, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24648017\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0gen\u00e7 yeti\u015fkinlerde etkili olan baz\u0131 teknikler, ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinler i\u00e7in etkisiz, hatta zararl\u0131 olabilir ve bu da \u00f6zel yakla\u015f\u0131mlara duyulan ihtiyac\u0131 vurgulamaktad\u0131r<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37076243\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ya\u015f ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131: Fiziksel aktivitenin \u00f6n\u00fcnde gizli bir engel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ya\u015f ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinlere \u00f6zg\u00fc bir engeldir. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1027%2F1901-2276.61.3.4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stereotipleri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (inan\u00e7lar), \u00f6nyarg\u0131lar\u0131 (duygulan\u0131mlar) ve\/veya ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 (davran\u0131\u015flar) i\u00e7erir. Stereotipler olumlu olabilse de, a\u011f\u0131rl\u0131kl\u0131 olarak olumsuz olma e\u011filimindedirler <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0117086\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0ve bu e\u011filim<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 20. y\u00fczy\u0131lda yo\u011funla\u015fm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Bu t\u00fcr stereotipler ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011fa katk\u0131da bulunur. 65 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\/download\/pdf\/10635079.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0+ ya\u015f aras\u0131 yeti\u015fkinlerin yakla\u015f\u0131k %35&#8217;i g\u00fcnl\u00fck ya\u015famda, 50+ ya\u015f aras\u0131 17 yeti\u015fkinden biri ise sa\u011fl\u0131k hizmetlerinde ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011fa maruz kald\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 bildirmektedir<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11606-015-3233-6?utm_source=getftr&amp;utm_medium=getftr&amp;utm_campaign=getftr_pilot&amp;getft_integrator=wiley\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sa\u011fl\u0131k uzmanlar\u0131 genellikle ya\u015flanma konusunda hastal\u0131k ve gerileme merce\u011finden e\u011fitilir. Bu, zay\u0131f ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinlere g\u00fcnl\u00fck olarak maruz kalmayla birle\u015fti\u011finde,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/opn.12457\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ya\u015f ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 tutumlar\u0131n\u0131<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> g\u00fc\u00e7lendirebilir. Buna kar\u015f\u0131 koymak i\u00e7in, giri\u015fimsel \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0098628312465867\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basmakal\u0131p veriler sunar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u00f6rne\u011fin, g\u00f6n\u00fcll\u00fc olan, \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan veya yeni beceriler geli\u015ftiren ya\u015fl\u0131lar\u0131n oran\u0131 hakk\u0131nda). Ayr\u0131ca, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gerontologist\/article\/61\/7\/1164\/5939854\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alg\u0131lar\u0131<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> de\u011fi\u015ftirmek i\u00e7in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hs28FgRxqt0&amp;t=1s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nesiller aras\u0131 temas\u0131<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, yani farkl\u0131 ku\u015faklardan insanlar aras\u0131nda<\/span><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00f6zellikle gen\u00e7 ve ya\u015fl\u0131 ya\u015f gruplar\u0131 aras\u0131nda anlaml\u0131 etkile\u015fimleri te\u015fvik ederler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011fa u\u011framan\u0131n yan\u0131 s\u0131ra, ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinler ya\u015f kli\u015felerini i\u00e7selle\u015ftirebilir. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20802838\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becca Levy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;nin ekibi, ya\u015fam\u0131n erken d\u00f6nemlerinde \u00f6\u011frenilen stereotiplerin ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinlerin benlik alg\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131, sa\u011fl\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 ve uzun \u00f6m\u00fcrl\u00fcl\u00fcklerini \u015fekillendirdi\u011fi bir model \u00f6nerdi. \u00d6rne\u011fin, olumsuz ya\u015f stereotiplerine sahip gen\u00e7 yeti\u015fkinlerin 30 y\u0131l sonra kardiyovask\u00fcler bir olay ya\u015fama olas\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 daha y\u00fcksektir. Ya\u015flanma <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0273229716300880\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0hakk\u0131ndaki g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015flerin bu kilit rol\u00fc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u00f6zellikle sa\u011fl\u0131k davran\u0131\u015flar\u0131 \u00fczerindeki etkileriyle a\u00e7\u0131klanabilir, kendi ya\u015flanmalar\u0131na kar\u015f\u0131 olumlu bir tutuma sahip olanlar\u0131n aktif kalma ve sa\u011fl\u0131kl\u0131 al\u0131\u015fkanl\u0131klar edinme olas\u0131l\u0131klar\u0131 daha y\u00fcksektir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ya\u015f ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 ve etkileriyle m\u00fccadeleye y\u00f6nelik m\u00fcdahaleler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hal.science\/hal-03273963v1\/file\/Knight%20et%20al_BJHP_accepted.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birka\u00e7 \u00e7al\u0131\u015fma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> , \u00f6zellikle fiziksel aktivite ile ilgili olarak, ya\u015flanmaya ili\u015fkin olumlu benlik alg\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 te\u015fvik etmenin yollar\u0131n\u0131 test etmi\u015ftir. \u00d6rne\u011fin, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08870446.2018.1556273\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyer ve meslektaslar (2019)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 84 zay\u0131f, aktif olmayan ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinle (ortalama ya\u015f ~77) randomize bir \u00e7al\u0131\u015fma y\u00fcr\u00fctm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcr. Bir grup standart uyarlanm\u0131\u015f fiziksel aktivite (APA) ald\u0131; di\u011feri APA art\u0131 bir benlik alg\u0131s\u0131 mod\u00fcl\u00fc ald\u0131. Bu mod\u00fcl, 12 hafta boyunca stereotiplere meydan okumaya, ya\u015flanma hakk\u0131nda bilgi edinmeye ve olumsuz benlik alg\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 de\u011fi\u015ftirmeye odaklanan d\u00f6rt oturumdan olu\u015fuyordu. M\u00fcdahale grubu, daha olumlu ya\u015flanma alg\u0131lar\u0131 ve iyile\u015ftirilmi\u015f zihinsel sa\u011fl\u0131k bildirdi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deneysel \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalarda stereotiplerin daha da incelikli bir sonucu tespit edilmi\u015ftir. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2015-02669-001.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ya\u015fl\u0131<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yeti\u015fkinleri klinik testler s\u0131ras\u0131nda olumsuz kli\u015felere maruz b\u0131rakman\u0131n, haf\u0131za veya kavrama g\u00fcc\u00fc i\u00e7eren g\u00f6revlerdeki performans\u0131 bozdu\u011funu g\u00f6steriyorlar. Bir \u00e7al\u0131\u015fma, &#8216;ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkin&#8217; kimli\u011fini etkinle\u015ftirmenin kavrama g\u00fcc\u00fcn\u00fc yakla\u015f\u0131k <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/2\/3\/e001064.short\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">%50 oran\u0131nda azaltt\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 buldu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Bu aktivasyon, gen\u00e7 sa\u011fl\u0131k uzmanlar\u0131yla etkile\u015fimler, klinik testlerden hemen \u00f6nce formlarda ya\u015flar\u0131n\u0131n belirtilmesi veya ya\u015fa duyarl\u0131 yetenekler a\u00e7\u0131s\u0131ndan test edildiklerinin s\u00f6ylenmesi yoluyla incelikli bir \u015fekilde ger\u00e7ekle\u015febilir. Bu nedenle sa\u011fl\u0131k profesyonellerinin \u00f6n\u00fcndeki zorluk, \u00f6rne\u011fin ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinlerden klinik test yapmadan \u00f6nce ya\u015flar\u0131n\u0131 belirtmelerini istemekten ka\u00e7\u0131narak, ya\u015f ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 ipu\u00e7lar\u0131ndan ar\u0131nm\u0131\u015f bir klinik ortam\u0131 garanti etmektir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genel olarak, ya\u015f ayr\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131yla m\u00fccadele ortak \u00e7abalar gerektirir: ya\u015fl\u0131lar\u0131 kendi ya\u015flanma alg\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 yeniden \u015fekillendirmeleri i\u00e7in g\u00fc\u00e7lendirirken, fark\u0131ndal\u0131\u011f\u0131 art\u0131rmak ve toplumsal g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fleri d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcrmek. Bu hedefe ula\u015fmak i\u00e7in titiz bilimsel bilgiye dayal\u0131 m\u00fcdahaleler \u00e7ok \u00f6nemlidir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pratik \u00f6neriler\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinler hakk\u0131ndaki varsay\u0131mlar\u0131n\u0131z \u00fczerinde aktif olarak d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcn ve tarafs\u0131z izlenimler olu\u015fturmak i\u00e7in bilimsel bilgileri g\u00fcncel tutun.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinlerin h\u00e2l\u00e2 g\u00fc\u00e7 kazanabilece\u011fini ve yeni beceriler \u00f6\u011frenebilece\u011fini vurgulayarak, olumlu ya\u015flanma mesajlar\u0131n\u0131 kons\u00fcltasyonlara nas\u0131l entegre edebilece\u011finizi d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ya\u015flanmaya ili\u015fkin olumlu g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015flerin uzun vadeli aktiviteyi ve sa\u011fl\u0131\u011f\u0131 nas\u0131l destekledi\u011finden bahsedin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bir testi &#8220;ya\u015fa duyarl\u0131&#8221; olarak tan\u0131mlamak veya gen\u00e7 yeti\u015fkinlerle kar\u015f\u0131la\u015ft\u0131rmak gibi olumsuz ya\u015f ipu\u00e7lar\u0131ndan ka\u00e7\u0131n\u0131n.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ya\u015fl\u0131 hastalar\u0131, gen\u00e7 ve ya\u015fl\u0131 yeti\u015fkinlerin ayn\u0131 g\u00f6revler \u00fczerinde i\u015fbirli\u011fi yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 nesiller aras\u0131 programlara te\u015fvik edin.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Translated by: G\u00fclcan Garip<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By A\u00efna Chalabaev, Grenoble Alpes University, France As outlined in a previous post, the health benefits of regular physical activity are well established for people aged 65 and over. Clear guidelines have been set by the World Health Organization on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<strong>By A\u00efna Chalabaev, Grenoble Alpes University, France<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As outlined in a previous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/2019\/10\/physical-activity-in-older-age-how-much-is-enough\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the health benefits of regular physical activity are well established for people aged 65 and over. Clear guidelines have been set by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241599979\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Health Organization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the amount and type of activity associated with health gains. However, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0140673612606461?via%3Dihub\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">older people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remain among the most inactive segment of the population worldwide.<\/span>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<strong>The limits of one-size-fits-all interventions<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This highlights that raising awareness about physical activity benefits is not sufficient; bridging the intention\u2013behavior gap is necessary. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/abm\/article-abstract\/46\/1\/81\/4563254?redirectedFrom=fulltext&amp;login=false\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health psychology researchers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have developed a range of theory-based techniques to promote healthy behaviors. However, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24648017\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some techniques<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effective in younger adults may be ineffective, or even harmful, for older adults, stressing the need for tailored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37076243\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approaches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>Ageism: A hidden barrier to physical activity<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ageism is a barrier specific to older adults. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1027%2F1901-2276.61.3.4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stereotypes (beliefs), prejudice (affects) and\/or discrimination (behaviors). Although stereotypes can be positive, they tend to be predominantly negative, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0117086\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a trend that has intensified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century. Such stereotypes contribute to discrimination. About <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\/download\/pdf\/10635079.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of adults aged 65+ report facing discrimination in daily-life, and one in 17 adults aged 50+ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11606-015-3233-6?utm_source=getftr&amp;utm_medium=getftr&amp;utm_campaign=getftr_pilot&amp;getft_integrator=wiley\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in healthcare<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthcare professionals are often educated about aging through a lens of disease and decline. This, coupled with daily exposure to frail older adults, can reinforce<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/opn.12457\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ageist attitudes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To counteract this, interventional studies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0098628312465867\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">present counter-stereotypical data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (for example about the proportion of seniors who volunteer, work or develop new skills). They also foster <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gerontologist\/article\/61\/7\/1164\/5939854\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intergenerational contact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to change <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hs28FgRxqt0&amp;t=1s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">perceptions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, i.e., meaningful interactions between people of different generations<\/span><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">especially between younger and older age groups.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to being discriminated, older adults may internalize age stereotypes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20802838\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becca Levy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s team proposed a model in which stereotypes learned earlier in life shape older adults\u2019 self-perceptions, health and longevity. For example, young adults with negative age stereotypes are more likely to experience a cardiovascular event 30 years later. This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0273229716300880\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">key role<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of views on aging may notably be explained by their influence on health behaviors, those with a positive attitude toward their own aging are more likely to stay active and adopt healthy habits.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>Interventions to tackle ageism and its impacts<\/strong>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hal.science\/hal-03273963v1\/file\/Knight%20et%20al_BJHP_accepted.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several studies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have tested ways to promote positive self-perceptions of aging, especially in relation to physical activity. For example, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08870446.2018.1556273\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyer et al. (2019)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conducted a randomized trial with 84 frail, inactive older adults (mean age ~77). One group received standard adapted physical activity (APA); the other received APA plus a self-perception module. This module included four sessions over 12 weeks focused on challenging stereotypes, learning about aging, and modifying negative self-perceptions. The intervention group reported more positive aging perceptions and improved mental health.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An even subtler consequence of stereotypes has been identified in experimental studies. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2015-02669-001.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that exposing older adults to negative stereotypes during clinical tests impairs performance on tasks involving memory or grip strength. One study found that activating an 'older adult' identity reduced grip strength by nearly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/2\/3\/e001064.short\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This activation can happen subtly\u2013through interactions with younger healthcare professionals, indicating their age on forms just before clinical testing, or being told they are being tested on age-sensitive abilities. The challenge for healthcare professionals is therefore to guarantee a clinical environment that is free of ageism cues, for example by avoiding asking older adults to indicate their age before they perform a clinical test.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, combating ageism requires combined efforts: raising awareness and transforming societal views, while empowering seniors to reshape their own perceptions of aging. To reach this objective, interventions based on rigorous scientific knowledge are key.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>Practical recommendations\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actively reflect on your assumptions about older adults and keep up to date with scientific knowledge to form unbiased impressions.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think how you might integrate positive aging messages into consultations, highlighting that older adults can still gain strength and learn new skills.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mention how positive views on aging support long-term activity and health.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid negative age cues like describing a test as \"age-sensitive\" or comparing them with younger adults.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage older patients to intergenerational programs where younger and older adults collaborate on the same tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-health","category-mental-health"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"tr","enabled_languages":["en","id","my","bg","zh","hr","cz","da","de","es","fr","gr","he","it","ja","kr","lv","lt","hu","nl","no","pl","pt","ro","ru","sk","fi","sv","tr","uk"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"my":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"bg":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"hr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"cz":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"da":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"gr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"he":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"it":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ja":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"kr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"lv":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"lt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"hu":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"nl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"no":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"pl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"pt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ro":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"sk":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"fi":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"sv":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"tr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"uk":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4780,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions\/4780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}