2694 School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2022 Mar;94(2):123-137. doi: 10.1177/0091415020981883. Epub 2020 Dec 28.
Despite much literature pointing to the saliency of self-perceptions of aging (SPA) to aging processes, limited research offers empirical analysis on what shapes SPA. In order to identify possible antecedents to SPA, we conducted an exploratory analysis to analyze whether two future-oriented constructs-optimism and self-efficacy associated with possible selves-were associated with SPA. We ran hierarchical linear regressions, with optimism and self-efficacy of possible selves predicting SPA among 244 middle-aged and older adults. Higher optimism, higher self-efficacy to achieve hoped-for selves, and higher self-efficacy to avoid feared selves were associated with higher overall SPA. Results from our study suggest that how someone appraises their future older self impacts how they perceive their current older self.
尽管大量文献指出自我老化感知（SPA）对老化过程的重要性，但有限的研究提供了关于塑造 SPA 的实证分析。为了确定 SPA 的可能前因，我们进行了探索性分析，以分析两种面向未来的结构——与可能自我相关的乐观主义和自我效能——是否与 SPA 相关。我们对 244 名中老年人进行了层次线性回归，用可能自我的乐观主义和自我效能来预测 SPA。更高的乐观主义、更高的实现期望自我的自我效能和更高的避免恐惧自我的自我效能与更高的整体 SPA 相关。我们研究的结果表明，一个人如何评价他们未来的老年自我会影响他们对当前老年自我的看法。
