TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing a positive impression
T2 - Self-presentation among octogenarians
AU - Róin, Tóra
AU - Petersen, Maria Skaalum
AU - Róin, Ása
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - This paper addresses self-presentation among home-dwelling octogenarians living in the Faroe Islands. The purpose was to examine how older adults make meaning of ageing in interaction and examine the possible impact of social and cultural norms on this meaning making practice. The study is based on social constructionism. Interviews were conducted with both married couples and individual men and women during the spring of 2019. The interviewees projected a positive impression of life as older adults. They used humour to cover up health problems, and downward social comparison with others to enhance their own active lifestyle. They included third-party compliments to enhance the impression of appearing ‘younger’ than their chronological age, thus reconciling the misalignment between age norms and lived experience.
AB - This paper addresses self-presentation among home-dwelling octogenarians living in the Faroe Islands. The purpose was to examine how older adults make meaning of ageing in interaction and examine the possible impact of social and cultural norms on this meaning making practice. The study is based on social constructionism. Interviews were conducted with both married couples and individual men and women during the spring of 2019. The interviewees projected a positive impression of life as older adults. They used humour to cover up health problems, and downward social comparison with others to enhance their own active lifestyle. They included third-party compliments to enhance the impression of appearing ‘younger’ than their chronological age, thus reconciling the misalignment between age norms and lived experience.
KW - Active ageing
KW - Everyday life
KW - Impression management
KW - Social constructionism
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100968
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/3a6a31bc-7a34-3746-8d03-629e220bd127/
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100968
DO - 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100968
M3 - Article
SN - 0890-4065
VL - 59
JO - Journal of Aging Studies
JF - Journal of Aging Studies
ER -