Institute of Gerontology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany.
Department of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany.
Aging Ment Health. 2024 Nov;28(11):1559-1566. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2385450. Epub 2024 Jul 30.
Perceived expectations for active aging (PEAA) reflect subjective exposure to social expectations about staying active and fit in old age, for example, by maintaining health and social engagement. We investigated whether motivational and personality factors were related to PEAA in the domains of physical health, mental health, and social engagement.
We used a nationally representative sample of German adults (SOEP-IS) covering the entire adult life span ( = 2,007, age range 16-94 years) to test our pre-registered hypotheses.
Multiple regression analyses indicated that motivation (i.e. life goals and health-related worries) was consistently associated with PEAA in the matching domains and mediated the effects of openness to experience on PEAA. No other personality trait was associated with PEAA.
Our findings suggest that individuals preferentially notice the expectations for active aging whose content relates to their personal concerns and goals.
对积极老龄化的感知期望（PEAA）反映了对在老年时保持积极和健康的社会期望的主观认知，例如通过保持健康和社会参与。我们研究了动机和人格因素是否与身体健康、心理健康和社会参与等领域的 PEAA 相关。
我们使用了德国成年人（SOEP-IS）的全国代表性样本，涵盖了整个成年期（ = 2007 人，年龄范围为 16-94 岁），以检验我们预先注册的假设。
多元回归分析表明，动机（即生活目标和与健康相关的担忧）与匹配领域的 PEAA 始终相关，并介导了开放性对 PEAA 的影响。其他人格特质与 PEAA 无关。
我们的研究结果表明，个体更倾向于注意与个人关注和目标相关的积极老龄化期望。
