Department of Psychology, Columbia University.
Department of Psychology, Life-Span Developmental Psychology, Leipzig University.
Psychol Aging. 2019 May;34(3):374-388. doi: 10.1037/pag0000349.
Feeling younger than one's chronological age-a younger subjective age bias-has been consistently linked to healthy aging. However, little is known about conditions under which such benefits are strengthened. In high-quality relationships, partners affirm individuals' self-views and offer support that can encourage individuals to engage in behaviors compatible with their subjective age. Thus, we hypothesized the benefits of a younger subjective age bias would be stronger among adults in high-quality relationships. Hypotheses were supported in a 10-year longitudinal study of married adults (ages 34-84; N > 600): Relationship quality moderated the effect of subjective age bias on memory performance and heart rate variability, such that individuals in higher-quality relationships showed stronger beneficial effects of a younger subjective age bias. Results suggest psychological and relational resources may work together to jointly influence healthy aging. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
感觉比实际年龄年轻——年轻的主观年龄偏差——一直与健康老龄化有关。然而，人们对哪些条件下会加强这种好处知之甚少。在高质量的关系中，伴侣肯定个人的自我观念，并提供支持，这可以鼓励个人从事与其主观年龄相符的行为。因此，我们假设在高质量关系中的成年人中，年轻的主观年龄偏差的好处会更强。在一项对已婚成年人（年龄 34-84 岁；N > 600）的 10 年纵向研究中，假设得到了支持：关系质量调节了主观年龄偏差对记忆表现和心率变异性的影响，即关系质量较高的个体表现出年轻的主观年龄偏差对健康的更大有益影响。研究结果表明，心理和人际关系资源可能共同发挥作用，共同影响健康老龄化。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
