Knoll Nina, Rieckmann Nina, Scholz Urte, Schwarzer Ralf
Institute of Medical Psychology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Psychol Aging. 2004 Dec;19(4):676-88. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.4.676.
This study contributes to research on subjective age by examining the interplay of felt age with health, functional limitations, and personality. Individuals undergoing cataract surgery (N=134; 38 to 92 years of age) provided data for an assessment period of 6 weeks surrounding their scheduled surgery. Conscientiousness and repeated measurements of health indicators, functional limitations, and felt age were included in the analyses. Results indicated that functional limitations may be more important to the construction of felt age than their underlying health-related causes. Moreover, conscientious participants felt younger before and after surgery. Their functional status was less dependent on health than the functional status of less conscientious participants. This moderator effect is discussed along with health-related pathways leading to felt age.
本研究通过考察感知年龄与健康、功能受限及人格之间的相互作用，为关于主观年龄的研究做出了贡献。接受白内障手术的个体（N = 134；年龄在38至92岁之间）在其预定手术前后6周的评估期内提供了数据。分析中纳入了尽责性以及对健康指标、功能受限和感知年龄的重复测量。结果表明，功能受限对感知年龄的形成可能比其潜在的健康相关原因更为重要。此外，尽责的参与者在手术前后感觉更年轻。与不太尽责的参与者相比，他们的功能状态对健康的依赖性较小。我们将结合导致感知年龄的健康相关途径来讨论这种调节效应。
