ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2017
Feeling Older and the Development of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.
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- Longitudinal effects of subjective aging on health and longevity: An updated meta-analysis.Psychology and aging · 2023Pooled it
- Latent profile analysis of self-perceptions of ageing among Chinese community-dwelling older adults.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2022Trial
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- (In)congruence effect of chronological age and subjective age on older adults' cognitive functioning: the moderating role of social participation and cross-cultural comparisons.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
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- Feeling Younger as an Indicator of Better Overall Intrinsic Capacities in the INSPIRE-T Cohort.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2026Observational
- Daily dynamics between self-perceptions of ageing and self-rated health: a lifespan perspective.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Social connections are differentially related to subjective age and physiological age acceleration amongst older adults.Nature communications · 2026Article
- DNA methylation age acceleration is associated with incident cognitive impairment in the health and retirement study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2025Article
- Subjective cognitive decline-a neglected but preventable public health concern: development and validation of a risk prediction model for subjective cognitive decline in older adults: a cross-sectional survey study from Anhui Province in eastern China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Subjective Aging Among Older Outpatients In Northern - India.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2024Article
- Self-perceptions of aging: A conceptual and empirical overview.Current opinion in psychology · 2024Review
- The Relationship between Subjective Aging and Cognition in Elderly People: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Changes in Personality Before and During Cognitive Impairment.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Observational
- Urgent needs of caregiving in ageing populations with Alzheimer's disease and other chronic conditions: Support our loved ones.Ageing research reviews · 2023Review
- Sense of Purpose in Life and Beliefs and Knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2023Article
- Physical and mental health conditions account for variability in awareness of age-related changes.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Relationship between digital exclusion and cognitive impairment in Chinese adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
- Prospective associations between subjective age and fear of falling in older adults.Aging & mental health · 2022Article
- What Determines That Older Adults Feel Younger Than They Are? Results From a Nationally Representative Study in Germany.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveSubjective age is a biopsychosocial marker of aging associated with a range of outcomes in old age. In the domain of cognition, feeling older than one's chronological age is related to lower cognitive performance and steeper cognitive decline among older adults. The present study examines whether an older subjective age is associated with the risk of incident cognitive impairment and dementia.
methodParticipants were 5,748 individuals aged 65 years and older drawn from the Health and Retirement Study. Measures of subjective age, cognition, and covariates were obtained at baseline, and follow-up cognition was assessed over a 2- to 4-year period. Only participants without cognitive impairment were included at baseline. At follow-up, participants were classified into one of the three categories: normal functioning, cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND), and dementia.
resultsAn older subjective age at baseline was associated with higher likelihood of CIND (odds ratio [OR] = 1.18; 1.09-1.28) and dementia (OR = 1.29; 1.02-1.63) at follow-up, controlling for chronological age, other demographic factors, and baseline cognition. Physical inactivity and depressive symptoms partly accounted for these associations.
conclusionAn older subjective age is a marker of individuals' risk of subsequent cognitive impairment and dementia.
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