Successful Aging and Subjective Aging: Toward a Framework to Research a Neglected Connection.

Autor:	Sabatini S; School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom., Rupprecht F; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Kaspar R; Charlotte Fresenius University of Psychology, Hamburg, Germany., Klusmann V; Department of Health, Security, and Society, Furtwangen University, Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Germany.; Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany., Kornadt A; Institute for Lifespan Development, Family, & Culture, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg., Nikitin J; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Schönstein A; Network Aging Research, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany., Stephan Y; Euromov, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France., Wettstein M; Department of Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Wurm S; Department of Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany., Diehl M; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, US., Wahl HW; Network Aging Research, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Gerontologist [Gerontologist] 2024 May 20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 20.
DOI:	10.1093/geront/gnae051
Abstrakt:	Research related to subjective aging, which describes how individuals perceive, interpret and evaluate their own aging, has substantially grown in the past two decades. Evidence from longitudinal studies shows that subjective aging predicts health, quality of life, and functioning in later life. However, the existing literature on successful aging has mostly neglected the role of subjective aging. This paper proposes an extended framework of successful aging linking subjective aging conceptually and empirically to Rowe and Kahn's (1997) three original key criteria of successful aging (i.e., avoiding disease and disability, maintaining high cognitive and physical function, and engagement with life). A particular focus is placed on subjective aging as an antecedent of successful aging. A review of the empirical subjective aging literature shows that subjective aging concepts consistently predict all three of Rowe and Kahn's criteria of successful aging. Mechanisms underlying these relations are discussed at three levels, namely psychological, behavioral, and physiological pathways. The proposed addition also takes into consideration the interconnections between subjective aging and successful aging throughout the lifespan and across historical time. Finally, we discuss the importance of facilitating successful aging through systematic interventions that support more positive views of aging at the individual and societal level. (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.)
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