This special issue highlights how social psychology can further the understanding of important social, health, interpersonal, and intergenerational issues facing people as they age. This issue has three goals: to generate more interest in aging as an area of study for social psychologists by showcasing researchers who are currently integrating basic social psychological research with issues in aging and lifespan development; to challenge readers to think about how their research programs can interconnect with issues in aging; and to demonstrate how social psychological processes have direct application to many of the issues facing people as they age.
Special Issue: The Social Psychology of Aging Scott F. Madey Toward a Social Psychology of Aging 133(4) Scott F. Madey Bolstering and Undercutting Use of the Elderly Stereotype Through Communication of Exemplars: The Role of Speaker Age and Exemplar Stereotypicality 137(10) Laura Lawson Duval Janet B. Ruscher Kathryn Welsh Sarah P. Catanese The Role of Age and Age-Related Attitudes in Perceptions of Elderly Individuals 147(10) Alison L. Chasteen An Intersubjective Perspective on Social Cognition and Aging 157(12) William Ickes Jeremy W. Dugosh Self-Presentational Concerns in Older Adults: Implications for Health and Well-Being 169(12) Kathleen A. Martin Mark R. Leary W. Jack Rejeski Volunteerism and the Life Course: Investigating Age-Related Agendas for Action 181(18) Allen M. Omoto Mark Snyder Steven C. Martino Biological, Social-Environmental, and Psychological Dialecticism: An Integrated Model of Aging 199(14) Dean D. Von Dras Herman T. Blumenthal Filial Piety, Acculturation, and Intergenerational Communication Among New Zealand Chinese 213(12) James H. Liu Sik Hung Ng Ann Weatherall Cynthia Loong The Impact of Reminiscence on Socially Active Elderly Womens Reactions to Social Comparisons 225(12) Monica Reis-Bergan Frederick X. Gibbons Meg Gerrard Jan F. Ybema Continuity and Change in Possible Selves in Later Life: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study 237(8) Leslie D. Frazier Karen Hooker Paulette M. Johnson Cheryl R. Kaus Volunteer Decison Making By Older People: A Test of a Revised Theory of Planned Behavior 245(14) Jeni Warburton Deborah J. Terry Integrating Social Psychology and Aging Research: Toward a Social-Developmental Theory of Behavior 259(4) Leslie A. Zebrowitz Joann M. Montepare Editorial Consultants---Special Issue (Vol. 22, No. 3) 263
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