Subjective Age Across the Life Span: A Differentiated, Longitudinal Approach

Kornadt, Anna Elena; Hess, Thomas M.; Voss, Peggy; Rothermund, Klaus

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw072

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“…Furthermore, the association between subjective age and psychological and behavioral symptoms of dementia deserves attention. Finally, based upon recent evidence of the multidimensionality of subjective age (Kornadt et al, in press), future research could examine whether specific facets may be more predictive of cognitive impairment and dementia.…”

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Subjective age and risk of incident dementia: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends survey

Stéphan¹,

Sutin

Luchetti

et al. 2018

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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The present study examines the association between subjective age and risk of incident dementia in a large longitudinal sample of older adults. Participants were adults aged 65 years and older from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). Subjective age, covariates, and cognitive status were assessed in 2011 and cognitive status was again assessed in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Incident dementia was determined based on answers from self and proxy respondents. The analyses included 4,262 participants without dementia at baseline. Adjusting for demographic factors and baseline cognition, an older subjective age was related to higher likelihood of incident dementia. This association was partly accounted by depressive symptoms. Beyond the effect of chronological age, feeling older is associated with the risk of incident dementia.

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Subjective age and risk of incident dementia: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends survey

Stéphan¹,

Sutin

Luchetti

et al. 2018

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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“…A further possible limitation is use of a single item to measure subjective age. Some researchers have argued that the construct is multidimensional so it may not be captured in a single measure as there may other domains of subjective age which may reflect more upon factors, such as, physical or societal changes (Diehl et al, 2015;Kastenbaum et al, 1972;Kornadt et al, 2016;Kotter-Grühn et al, 2016). Recent studies have also indicated that subjective appraisals of age are quite changeable on a day to day, or even a moment to moment basis (Kotter-Grühn et al, 2015).…”

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Is the relationship between subjective age, depressive symptoms and activities of daily living bidirectional?

Rippon

Steptoe

2018

Social Science & Medicine

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“…In fact, older adults have a tendency to assimilate and identify with middle-aged adults and to contrast and distance themselves from older adults [27]. In addition, research shows that negative age stereotypes elicit feeling younger and distancing oneself from the group of older people [28, 29]. Research on self-protective processes has shown that age-group dissociation (i.e., “the tendency to put psychological distance between oneself and similarly aged people,” see Weiss and Lang [29, p. 154]) buffers older adults against the detrimental consequences of negative views of aging (e.g., [30]).…”

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Rising above It: Status Ambivalence in Older Adults

Robertson¹,

Weiss²

2018

Gerontology

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Background: Social status is the standing of a person or group in the social hierarchy, and is perceived to change across the life span from low social status in early life, to peak in midlife, and to a decline thereafter. As threats to subjective social status are known to be detrimental to individuals’ health, it is important to better understand how older adults perceive themselves and others in terms of age-related social status. Objective: We examined status ambivalence – the potential discrepancy between how older adults’ perceive social status for themselves compared to older adults in general. Method: Study 1 used qualitative data from 37 semi-structured interviews with older adults to assess perceptions of social status. Study 2 used quantitative survey data from 114 older adults who completed explicit and implicit measures of social status. Results: Study 1 (n = 37, mean_age = 71.72, SD_age = 5.69; 81.1% women) provided preliminary evidence for status ambivalence such that older adults reported unequivocal low social status for other older adults but a more ambivalent perception of their own social status. Study 2 (n = 114, mean_age = 64.32, SD_age = 8.98, 57.9% women) compared implicit and explicit measures of social status revealing that older adults consistently perceive older adults to have low social status but again show a more ambivalent perception of their own social status. Conclusion: We discuss status ambivalence as a potential protective mechanism in the context of negative societal perceptions of age-related social status that may be important for well-being in later life.

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Subjective Age Across the Life Span: A Differentiated, Longitudinal Approach

Abstract: Our results provide support for a multidimensional view of subjective aging experiences. They highlight the importance of a differentiated investigation of subjective aging constructs and their relations for understanding how these variables shape the aging process.

Cited by 60 publications

References 43 publications

Subjective age and risk of incident dementia: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends survey

Subjective age and risk of incident dementia: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends survey

Is the relationship between subjective age, depressive symptoms and activities of daily living bidirectional?

Rising above It: Status Ambivalence in Older Adults

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