Research and analysis

Future of ageing: attitudes to ageing - psychological factors

Report looking at the psychological factors which affect our attitudes to ageing.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 21 August 2015

Documents

What are the attitudes of different age groups towards contributing and benefitting from the wider society and how are these experienced by individuals in those age groups? Looking forward to 2025 and 2040, how might these evolve?

Ref: GS/15/16

PDF, 256 KB, 23 pages

Details

This review explores the psychological predictors of attitudes to ageing and social participation. It also evaluates the contribution that traditional and social media have made in shaping our images of ageing.

Comment on the report.

This evidence review was commissioned as part of the Foresight future of an ageing population project.

Published 21 August 2015