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Self-perceptions of aging — do subjective age and satisfaction with aging change during old age?
Author(s)	Anna Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, Dana Kotter-Grühn, Jacqui Smith
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 6, November 2008
Pages	pp P377-P385
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Ageing process ; Mental ageing ; Attitude ; Life satisfaction ; Longitudinal surveys ; Germany.
Annotation	Using 6-year longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE; age range 70-104), this study examined time-related changes in felt age, physical age, and satisfaction with ageing in old age and covariates of this change. It was found that individuals' felt age remained on average 13 years below their actual age over time, whereas they reported a decreasing discrepancy between physical and actual age and a decrease in ageing satisfaction over time. Age contributed to a greater decline in ageing satisfaction but an increase in the discrepancy of felt age. A higher number of illnesses at baseline attenuated change in felt age discrepancy. Future research on changes in self-perceptions of ageing will provide insight into mechanisms of resilience of the ageing self in later life. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090605222 A
Classmark	BG: D6: DP: F:5HH: 3J: 767
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