NIA/NRC WORKSHOP ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
[September 2003 - Washington, DC] The National Research Council, with sponsorship from the National Institute on Aging, will hold a workshop on Social Psychology and Aging in Washington, DC, on Monday, September 29, 2003, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM and Tuesday, September 30, 2003 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The workshop is being held as part of a consensus study that is helping the NIA to revamp its research program in social psychology, adult development, and personality psychology. Nationally recognized experts will present papers that focus on a number of practical questions that affect older adults. Panel sessions will review: how aging affects decision making abilities; stigmatization's effect on older adults; aging and the measurement of self-report data; maintaining a healthy mind for older individuals; and motivating older adults to make behavioral and other changes. Advocates, clinicians, researchers, and public policy specialists interested in older adults will present these papers. The workshop will be free and open to the public.