Media Representations of Aging and Their Psychological Impact: Age Anxiety Among Older Korean Adults.

Soondool Chung, Miri Kim, Yuri Jang, Nan Sook Park, Hyunwoo Yoon

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Soondool ChungDepartment of Social Welfare, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5099-1880

Miri KimDepartment of Social Welfare, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungbuk 27469, Republic of Korea.

Yuri JangDepartment of Social Welfare, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8239-1778

Nan Sook ParkSchool of Social Work, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1751-182X

Hyunwoo YoonDepartment of Social Welfare, Kongju National University, Gongju-si 32588, Republic of Korea.

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Kongju National University Industry-University cooperation foundation n/aKorea National University of Transportation n/aNational Research Foundation of Korea 2020S1A5C2A03092919

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Abstract

This study investigates the association between media representation, perceived age stereotypes, and aging anxiety among Korean older adults. A total of 600 older adults aged 65 years and older were analyzed via structural equation modelling and the bootstrapping method using a cross-sectional, secondary dataset. Regarding the direct effects, media representation was positively associated with perceived age stereotypes, aging anxiety related to financial matters, and aging anxiety in relation to psychosocial factors. In addition, perceived age stereotypes were positively associated with aging anxiety in regard to psychosocial factors. In terms of indirect effects, perceived age stereotypes only mediated the relationship between media representation and aging-anxiety-related psychosocial factors. This study's findings are significant for alleviating aging anxiety in an aging society, offering practical strategies for mitigating such concerns.

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age stereotypeaging anxietyAsiamediamental healtholder people

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PMID40723716

DOI10.3390/bs15070932

PMCPMC12292155

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