What does feeling younger or older than one’s chronological age mean to men and women? Qualitative and quantitative findings from the PROTECT study
dc.contributor.author | Sabatini, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Ukoumunne, OC | |
dc.contributor.author | Ballard, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Collins, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Corbett, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Aarsland, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Hampshire, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Brooker, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Clare, L | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-06T08:50:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-08-05 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: We explored which factors are associated with subjective age (SA), i.e. feeling younger, the same as, or older than one’s chronological age, and whether these factors differ between men and women and between two age sub-groups. Design: Cross-sectional study using qualitative and quantitative data for 1457 individuals (mean age= 67.2years). Main outcome measures: Participants reported how old they feel they are and provided comments in relation to their SA judgments. Results: By using content analysis participants’ comments were assigned to 13 categories, grouped into three higher-order categories (antecedents of age-related thoughts, mental processes, and issues when measuring subjective age). SA may result from the interaction between factors that increase or decrease age-related thoughts and mental processes that individuals use to interpret age-related changes. Chi-squared tests show that individuals reporting an older SA are more likely to experience significant negative changes and to engage in negative age-related thoughts than individuals reporting an age-congruent SA or a younger SA. Women experience a more negative SA and more age-salient events than men. Conclusion: Individuals reporting an older SA may benefit from interventions promoting adaptation to negative age-related changes. There is the need to eradicate negative societal views of older women. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Cognitive Health | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 5 August 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/08870446.2021.1960989 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 1100579 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/126688 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Routledge/European Health Psychology Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | subjective age | en_GB |
dc.subject | felt age | en_GB |
dc.subject | awareness of age-related change | en_GB |
dc.subject | health promotion | en_GB |
dc.title | What does feeling younger or older than one’s chronological age mean to men and women? Qualitative and quantitative findings from the PROTECT study | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-06T08:50:29Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0887-0446 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | Availability of data and materials: This study was conducted using secondary data collected as part of the UK version of the PROTECT ongoing study. PROTECT data are available to investigators outside the PROTECT team after request and approval by the PROTECT Steering Committee. Data for the AARC questionnaires will be available from May 2022. | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1476-8321 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Psychology and Health | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-07-17 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-08-05 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-08-06T08:45:10Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-08-06T08:50:42Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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