Rubin David C, Berntsen Dorthe
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0086, USA.
Psychon Bull Rev. 2006 Oct;13(5):776-80. doi: 10.3758/bf03193996.
Subjective age--the age people think of themselves asbeing--is measured in a representative Danish sample of 1,470 adults between 20 and 97 years of age through personal, in-home interviews. On the average, adults younger than 25 have older subjective ages, and those older than 25 have younger subjective ages, favoring a lifespan-developmental view over an age-denial view of subjective age. When the discrepancy between subjective and chronological age is calculated as a proportion of chronological age, no increase is seen after age 40; older respondents feel 20% younger than their actual age. Demographic variables (gender, income, and education) account for very little variance in subjective age.
主观年龄——即人们认为自己所是的年龄——是通过个人上门访谈，在丹麦1470名年龄在20至97岁之间的成年人代表性样本中进行测量的。平均而言，25岁以下的成年人主观年龄更大，而25岁以上的成年人主观年龄更小，这支持了主观年龄的寿命发展观而非年龄否认观。当主观年龄与实际年龄的差异以实际年龄的比例来计算时，40岁以后就没有增加了；年长的受访者感觉比他们的实际年龄小20%。人口统计学变量（性别、收入和教育程度）在主观年龄方面的差异所占比例非常小。
