Montepare J M, Lachman M E
Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254.
Psychol Aging. 1989 Mar;4(1):73-8. doi: 10.1037//0882-7974.4.1.73.
We examined differences in subjective age identification from adolescence to old age and the relation between subjective age and fears about one's own aging and life satisfaction. Using a questionnaire format, 188 men and women from 14 to 83 years of age made judgments about how old they felt, looked, acted, and desired to be. Respondents also answered questions about their personal fears of aging and present life satisfaction. Results revealed that individuals in their teens held older subjective age identities, whereas during the early adult years, individuals maintained same age identities. Across the middle and later adult years, individuals reported younger age identities, and women experienced younger age identities than men across these adults years. Results also revealed that discrepancies between subjective and actual age were associated with personal fears of aging and life satisfaction, especially in younger men and women.
我们研究了从青春期到老年主观年龄认知的差异，以及主观年龄与对自身衰老的恐惧和生活满意度之间的关系。采用问卷调查形式，188名年龄在14岁至83岁之间的男性和女性对自己感觉、看起来、行为表现以及期望的年龄进行了判断。受访者还回答了关于他们个人对衰老的恐惧和当前生活满意度的问题。结果显示，青少年的主观年龄认知更大，而在成年早期，个体保持相同的年龄认知。在成年中期和后期，个体报告的年龄认知更小，并且在这些成年阶段，女性的年龄认知比男性更小。结果还表明，主观年龄与实际年龄之间的差异与个人对衰老的恐惧和生活满意度相关，尤其是在年轻男性和女性中。
