Older people like reading negative news stories about their younger counterparts to boost their own self-esteem

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German researchers said older people tend to be portrayed negatively in societynfl merchandise. Although they are often described as wise, they are also be shown as being slow and forgetful.
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Knoblock-Westerwick and her co-author Matthias Hastall, of Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany, studied 276 German adults, including 178nhl jerseys aged 18 to 30 and 98 between 55 and 60. Their findings are published in the Journalnhl team jersey of Communication
All the adults in the study were shown what they were led to believe was a test version hockey jerseyof a new online news magazine. They were also given a limited time to look nhl hockey jerseyover either a negative and positive version of 10 pre-selected articles
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　　"Everybody likes a self-esteem boost. For young people though, it's almost automatic.phillies jersey Youth is considered important in society," she said.
After perusing the articles, the participants completed a questionnaire designed to measure levels of self-esteem. Unlike their younger counterparts, the self-esteem of older people rose after they read a negative article about youngercardinals jersey people.