Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA.
Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive Room 3E140, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
J Behav Med. 2021 Jun;44(3):333-344. doi: 10.1007/s10865-021-00204-2. Epub 2021 Mar 8.
This study examined temporal and social comparisons of physical health status. Participants in two waves of the MIDUS cohort ranging in age from young adult to young-old (N = 2,408) rated current, past, and future physical health, as well as peer health. Past health was generally rated as better than current health (particularly among young adults). Young adults expected better future health; young-old adults expected declining health. All groups recalled their health as better than they reported a decade earlier. Middle-aged and young-old respondents expected more decline than they reported ten years later; young adults' ratings were consistent. The two older groups believed they were healthier than same-age peers, whereas younger respondents believed they were less healthy (though as healthy as the other age groups). The nature and trajectories of temporal and social comparisons of physical health across the lifespan suggest the need to examine their consequences for health behaviors.
本研究考察了身体健康状况的时间和社会比较。参与 MIDUS 队列两个波次的研究对象年龄从青年到老年（N=2408），对当前、过去和未来的身体健康状况以及同龄人的健康状况进行了评估。过去的健康状况通常被评为比当前健康状况好（尤其是在青年人群中）。年轻人期望未来的健康状况更好；而年轻老人则预期健康状况会下降。所有群体都认为自己的健康状况比十年前报告的要好。中年和年轻老人预计会比十年后报告的更多下降；而年轻人的评估则保持一致。两个年龄较大的群体认为他们比同龄的同龄人更健康，而年轻的受访者则认为他们的健康状况较差（尽管与其他年龄组一样健康）。在整个生命周期中，身体健康状况的时间和社会比较的性质和轨迹表明，有必要研究它们对健康行为的影响。
