Subjective Age and Its Correlates Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Shinan-Altman, Shiri; Werner, Perla

doi:10.1177/0091415017752941

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“…Past research has revealed that perception of subjective age can vary across individuals within the same chronological age group, and that can result in their different perceptions of mental and physical health, subjective well-being, and life satisfaction (15,16). For instance, middle-aged and older adults with youthful subjective age perceptions reported better physical and emotional health than those with older subjective age bias (34,51).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, we understand that subjective age at work (subjective age henceforth) may have greater relevance in explaining the variations in employees' attitudes, behaviors, and performance outcomes (22, 23) and can have important implications for managers concerned about employees' workrelated outcomes. However, despite important theoretical and practical implications, as noted in previous studies (15,24) there is a surprising scarcity of studies on the subjective age-job satisfaction relationship.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…We argue that the chronological age offers an important but a restrictive view of the age-job satisfaction relationship. People with the same chronological age can have different subjective age-subjective views about their age (13)(14)(15). The assumption that individuals sharing the same chronological age groups will exhibit similar attitudes and behaviors is flawed (13,15,16).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…People with the same chronological age can have different subjective age-subjective views about their age (13)(14)(15). The assumption that individuals sharing the same chronological age groups will exhibit similar attitudes and behaviors is flawed (13,15,16). Rather, people with the same age can behave and act differently depending on their subjective age, which can be equal to, and lower or higher than, their chronological age (13,17,18).…”

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“…Rather, people with the same age can behave and act differently depending on their subjective age, which can be equal to, and lower or higher than, their chronological age (13,17,18). Indeed, several studies have revealed that the explanatory power of subjective age is stronger than the chronological age [e.g., (13,15,16,(19)(20)(21)]. Moreover, there are growing calls for theory-driven research on the association of age with employees' work-related outcomes (22,23).…”

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Subjective Age and Job Satisfaction: A Moderated Mediation Model of Job Burnout and Chronological Age

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Anwar

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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Corresponding to the growing calls for theory-driven research on the age-job satisfaction association, the present study investigated direct and indirect (via job burnout) relationships between subjective age (felt age) and job satisfaction. The study also examined the moderating role of chronological age on both direct and indirect (via job burnout) relationships between subjective age and job satisfaction. Survey data were collected in three waves (2 months apart) from 355 employees in 62 firms operating in various service and manufacturing industry sectors in Pakistan. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, PROCESS macro for SPSS, and bootstrapping technique. The results showed subjective age was negatively related to job satisfaction, both directly (β = −0.19, p < 0.001) and indirectly, via job burnout (β = −0.09, bootstrap 95% confidence interval limits did not overlap with zero; lower limit = −0.15, upper limit = −0.04). Interestingly, the interaction term (relative subjective age × chronological age) had a significant negative effect on the direct negative association between subjective age and job satisfaction (B = −0.12, p < 0.05) and a significant positive effect on the direct positive relationship between subjective age and job burnout (B = 0.14, p < 0.01), showing that chronological age moderated the direct relationships of subjective age with job satisfaction and job burnout, respectively. Importantly, the results showed that chronological age moderated the indirect association (via job burnout) between subjective age and job satisfaction [bootstrap estimate = −0.025, bias-corrected confidence interval (−0.06, −0.002)]. The present study contributed to the literature on the age-job satisfaction association by suggesting subjective age as an alternative vantage point to look at this link between age and job satisfaction. The findings carry useful practical implications that can help managers counter age stereotyping, employees' feelings of job burnout, and a low level of employees' job satisfaction.

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