2003
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503025004002
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Abstract: This study compares age identities of middle-aged and older adults in the United States and Germany. Differences between countries in social systems and cultural meanings of old age are expected to produce different age identities. Data are from respondents between ages 40 and 74 in the United States (MIDUS; n = 2,006) and Germany (German Aging Survey; n = 3,331). Americans and Germans tend to feel younger than their actual age, but the discrepancy is larger among Americans. The bias toward youthful identities… Show more

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“…To operationalize this measure, we asked all employees to report their chronological as well as their subjective age. The subjective age was measured by asking each employee how old he or she feels independently of his or her real age (Caudroit, Stephan, Chalabaev, & Le Scanff, 2012;Westerhof, Barrett, & Steverink, 2003). For the subjective age measure, the chronological age was subtracted from the subjective age (i.e., Barnes-Farrell & Piotrowski, 1989;Guiot, 2001;Stephan et al, 2012).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To operationalize this measure, we asked all employees to report their chronological as well as their subjective age. The subjective age was measured by asking each employee how old he or she feels independently of his or her real age (Caudroit, Stephan, Chalabaev, & Le Scanff, 2012;Westerhof, Barrett, & Steverink, 2003). For the subjective age measure, the chronological age was subtracted from the subjective age (i.e., Barnes-Farrell & Piotrowski, 1989;Guiot, 2001;Stephan et al, 2012).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, individuals who feel younger than they are live longer than those whose subjective age is close to or even older than their actual age (e.g., Kotter-Grühn et al, 2009; Intraindividual variability in subjective age 4 age suggests that it is a marker of individuals' physical and psychological functioning. Indeed, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies consistently find that a younger subjective age reflects better self-rated and objective health (Hubley & Russell, 2009;Infurna, Gerstorf, Robertson, & Berg, 2010;Knoll, Rieckmann, Scholz, & Schwarzer, 2004;Stephan, Caudroit, & Chalabaev, 2011;Westerhof, Barrett, & Steverink, 2003). In addition, lower depressive symptoms (Bergland, Nicolaisen, & Thorsen, 2013;Keyes & Westerhof, 2012) and higher mastery beliefs (Bergland et al, 2013;Infurna et al, 2010) have been found to be related to feeling younger than one's age.…”
Section: Predictors and Correlates Of (Change In) Subjective Agementioning
confidence: 99%
“…As primeiras contribuições empíricas à temática datam de 1950 advindas da Psicologia e das Ciências Sociais americanas e inglesas cujas evidências já revelavam que características socioculturais e de experiências pessoais afetam crenças, sentimentos e comportamentos relacionados à idade, à velhice e ao envelhecimento (Barret, 2003;Batistoni & Namba, 2010;Westerhof, Barret, & Steverink, 2003).…”
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“…Evidências de estudos internacionais sobre a temá-tica têm encontrado associações entre esses indicadores atitudinais de idosos e suas condições de saúde (Levy & Myers, 2005;Levy, Slade, Kunkel, & Kasl, 2002), seus comportamentos (Sarkisian, Prohaska, Wong, Hirsch, & Mangione, 2005), seu bem-estar (Steverink et al, 2001;Westerhof et al, 2003) e componentes do self como autoconceito e autoestima (Sneed & Whitbourne, 2003). Estudos norteamericanos e ingleses encontram frequentemente que "juventude subjetiva" é associada a melhores indicadores de bem-estar e satisfação com a vida (Westerhof & Barret 2005), confi ança nas próprias habilidades e competências (Schafer & Shippee, 2010) e melhor saúde entre os idosos que assim se identifi cam (Demakakos, Gjonca, & Nazroo, 2007), indicando reposta adaptativa em relação às transições etárias.…”
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