Affiliation:
1. Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, Odjel za interdisciplinarne, talijanske i kulturološke studije, Zagrebačka, Pula, Croatia
2. Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za psihologiju, Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
This study examines the interrelations of three different aspects of the subjective age: felt, desired and expected, as well as their relations with the chronological age (CA), health, and psychological well-being variables. Four hundred and twenty-three community-dwelling Croatian adults, aged 60–95 years, participated in the study. All three subjective age measures significantly correlated with the CA. Self-rated health were better predictors of the subjective age compared to the psychological variables. Among psychological variables, successful aging was the only significant predictor of the felt and expected age, while optimism showed to be the only significant predictor of the desired age. Results indicate the importance of some sociodemographic, psychological, and health variables for understanding older persons' subjective age identity and their desires and expectations regarding length of life. Besides the CA, it is very useful to include subjective age measures in research with elderly people.
Subject
Geriatrics and Gerontology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Ageing
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