As we get older, we repeatedly construct the way we refer to our age and our aging. This process seems to occur mainly on two levels, the social and cultural levels, where the way our society refers to older adults affects the inner dialogue with ourselves regarding our identity as an aging individual in society. The second process occurs at the inner psychological level, where small biological and physical changes increase our awareness of the aging process and force us to confront these changes and the fact that we are mortal and getting older. These social and psychological processes interact with each other, construct our view toward our aging, and serve as the basis for vast theoretical and practical research.

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老龄化与健康观：多维多时态视角

随着年龄的增长，我们反复构建我们指代年龄和衰老的方式。这个过程似乎主要发生在两个层面上，社会和文化层面，我们的社会对老年人的称呼会影响我们与我们自己关于我们作为社会老龄化个体的身份的内在对话。第二个过程发生在内在心理层面，微小的生理和生理变化会增加我们对衰老过程的认识，并迫使我们面对这些变化以及我们终将衰老的事实。这些社会和心理过程相互作用，构建了我们对衰老的看法，并作为大量理论和实践研究的基础。