Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2023 Dec;97(4):479-495. doi: 10.1177/00914150231157057. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
This study focuses on the concepts of subjective age and subjective nearness-to-death (views-of-aging) and examines the association between individuals' chronological age, self, and others' perceptions of these variables and mental health. A total of 267 participants aged 40-95 = 64.33 provided sociodemographic information and filled out scales assessing self and others' views-of-aging, depressive symptoms, and their well-being. After controlling for covariates, age was not related to the dependent variables, whereas young/far from death self, and perceived others' views-of-aging was related to better mental health. The interaction between young age and young/far from death perceived others', but not self, views-of-aging was associated with lower depressive symptoms and higher well-being. Finally, the interaction between young/far from death self and perceived others' views-of-aging was associated with lower depressive symptoms but not with well-being. These findings provide an initial glance at the complex relations between two types of personal views-of-aging and emphasize the importance of how individuals appraise others' perceptions of their own aging process and life expectancy.
本研究聚焦于主观年龄和主观接近死亡（老化观念）的概念，考察了个体的实际年龄、自我以及他人对这些变量的看法与心理健康之间的关系。共有 267 名年龄在 40-95 岁之间的参与者（=64.33）提供了社会人口统计学信息，并填写了评估自我和他人老化观念、抑郁症状和幸福感的量表。在控制了协变量后，年龄与因变量无关，而年轻/远离死亡的自我以及感知到的他人的老化观念与更好的心理健康有关。年轻的年龄与年轻/远离死亡的感知到的他人的观念之间的相互作用，但不是自我的观念，与较低的抑郁症状和较高的幸福感有关。最后，年轻/远离死亡的自我和感知到的他人的观念之间的相互作用与较低的抑郁症状有关，但与幸福感无关。这些发现初步探讨了两种个人老化观念之间的复杂关系，并强调了个体如何评价他人对自己老化过程和预期寿命的看法的重要性。
