Between- and Within-Person Approaches to Subjective Views of Aging

Neupert, Shevaun D.; Bellingtier, Jennifer A.

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“…Disentangling between-person and within-person associations is important (Curran & Bauer, 2011; Hoffman & Stawski, 2009; Raz & Lindenberger, 2011), not only because these can be discrepant (Brose et al, 2015; Drewelies et al, 2022; Neubauer et al, 2017; Wettstein, Ghisletta, & Gerstorf, 2023), but also because implications derived from between-person associations (e.g., individuals who feel older report more pain) may be different from those derived from within-person associations (e.g., on occasions when individuals feel older than usual, they also report stronger pain than usual). Specifically, with regard to subjective age, the separation of between-person and within-person associations is particularly important in order to examine “for whom (between-person effects) and under which situations or contexts (within-person effects) subjective views of aging function as antecedents and consequences of health and well-being” (Neupert & Bellingtier, 2022, p. 196). That is, if individuals reporting overall more pain are the ones who feel particularly old, then optimal pain treatment of this risk group could contribute to lowering the subjective age of these individuals, which might in consequence promote their well-being and health.…”

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Feeling older, feeling pain? Reciprocal between-person and within-person associations of pain and subjective age in the second half of life.

Wettstein,

Ghisletta,

Gerstorf

2024

Psychology and Aging

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Experiencing pain in middle adulthood and old age might be interpreted as a sign of aging and make people feel older, whereas feeling older has behavioral, motivational, and physiological consequences that might increase the risk of pain. We investigated between-person and within-person associations between pain, subjective age, and chronological age in middle-aged and older adults. Data from the German Ageing Survey were used (n = 13,874 who provided more than 32,000 observations, baseline mean age = 62.3 years). The observation period comprised up to 13 years (M = 4 years) and five (M = 2.4) measurement occasions. Based on the longitudinal multilevel regression models, we found significant between-person and within-person effects in both directions, which were small but robust when controlling for sociodemographic variables, depressive symptoms, and number of chronic diseases. At the between-person level, participants reporting overall more severe pain also felt older than others. Likewise, those who felt overall older than others reported more pain. At the within-person level, when participants experienced more pain than they usually do, they also reported feeling older than usual. Likewise, on measurement occasions when participants reported feeling older than usual, they reported more pain than usual. Additionally, those with overall stronger pain exhibited steeper age-related increases in their subjective age than those with less severe pain. Our findings suggest that an older subjective age may operate as both antecedent and consequence of pain, and pain might prompt a steeper increase in subjective age over time. Public Significance StatementThe experience of pain might make individuals feel older, but how old individuals feel may also affect their pain sensations over time. This study is the first one to assess reciprocal between-person and withinperson associations of pain and subjective age, based on a large sample of middle-aged and older adults who were assessed up to five times over 13 years. Our findings suggest that significant between-person and within-person associations of stronger pain with an older subjective age and vice versa exist, and that individuals with overall stronger pain exhibit a more pronounced increase in subjective age with advancing chronological age compared to those with less pain.

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Feeling older, feeling pain? Reciprocal between-person and within-person associations of pain and subjective age in the second half of life.

Wettstein,

Ghisletta,

Gerstorf

2024

Psychology and Aging

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Longitudinal Relationship Between Self-Perceptions of Aging and Depressive Symptoms: Exploring Reciprocal Within-Person Links

Joshanloo

2023

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Cultural Differences in Daily Coupling of Subjective Views of Aging and Negative Affect

Shenkman,

Shrira,

Kornadt

et al. 2024

The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

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Objectives The established link between subjective views of aging (VoA) and well-being shows variations across different cultures. Although VoA show daily fluctuations, little is known about cultural differences in such fluctuations and the daily coupling of VoA and well-being. We compared Israeli Arabs to Israeli Jews in the daily coupling of VoA and negative affect (NA). Methods Community-dwelling older adults (N=76, Mage=66.71) completed measures of subjective age, subjective accelerated aging, ageist attitudes, and NA over 14 consecutive days. Results Respondents reported higher daily NA when they felt older, reported to be aging faster, or had more ageist attitudes. The daily coupling between subjective age/subjective accelerated aging and NA was stronger among Israeli Arabs compared to Israeli Jews. There was no such interaction with ageist attitudes. Discussion It is important to adopt a cultural perspective when investigating daily fluctuations in VoA and their correlates. In applied contexts, this might help to identify cultural groups that are particularly sensitive to the effects of VoA.

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Between- and Within-Person Approaches to Subjective Views of Aging

Cited by 4 publications

References 94 publications

Feeling older, feeling pain? Reciprocal between-person and within-person associations of pain and subjective age in the second half of life.

Feeling older, feeling pain? Reciprocal between-person and within-person associations of pain and subjective age in the second half of life.

Longitudinal Relationship Between Self-Perceptions of Aging and Depressive Symptoms: Exploring Reciprocal Within-Person Links

Cultural Differences in Daily Coupling of Subjective Views of Aging and Negative Affect

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