Association Between Negative Age Stereotypes and Accelerated Cellular Aging: Evidence from Two Cohorts of Older Adults

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Nov;64(11):e228-e230. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14452. Epub 2016 Sep 19.

Authors

Robert H Pietrzak^{1

2}, Yong Zhu³, Martin D Slade⁴, Qiaochu Qi³, John H Krystal^{1

2}, Steven M Southwick^{1

2}, Becca R Levy³

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.
² Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging / physiology*
Cellular Senescence / physiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Self Concept*
Stereotyping
United States

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