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ArticlePsychology and aging2022

Subjective age and attitudes toward own aging across two decades of historical time.

Hans-Werner Wahl, Johanna Drewelies, Sandra Duezel, Margie E Lachman, Jacqui Smith, Peter Eibich, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Ilja Demuth, Ulman Lindenberger, Gert G Wagner and 2 more

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Article in Psychology and aging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Subjective Aging and Objectively Assessed Hearing Function: A Prospective Study of Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022
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  11. Is Subjective Age Associated with Physical Fitness in Community-Dwelling Older Adults?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  12. Rethinking Social Relationships in Adulthood: The Differential Investment of Resources Model.Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Hans-Werner WahlNetwork Aging Research.
Johanna DreweliesDepartment of Psychology.ORCID 0000-0002-3774-2169
Sandra DuezelCenter for Lifespan Psychology.
Margie E LachmanDepartment of Psychology.ORCID 0000-0003-3027-8735
Jacqui SmithInstitute for Social Research.ORCID 0000-0002-6499-103X
Peter EibichResearch Group: Labor Demography.ORCID 0000-0002-0689-0302
Elisabeth Steinhagen-ThiessenDivision of Lipid Metabolism.
Ilja DemuthDivision of Lipid Metabolism.
Ulman LindenbergerCenter for Lifespan Psychology.ORCID 0000-0001-8428-6453
Gert G WagnerCenter for Lifespan Psychology.ORCID 0000-0002-5985-4073
Nilam RamGerman Socio-Economic Panel Study.ORCID 0000-0003-1671-5257
Denis GerstorfDepartment of Psychology.

Funding

U19 MIDlife in the United States-Diversity Supplement-WellsU19AG051426 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAROL D. RYFF · 2016 to 2026
$74.8M
STATISTICS COREP01AG020166 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2002 to 2015
$50.6M
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences; Research Group on Aging and Societal DevelopmentFree University of BerlinGerman Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and YouthGerman Federal Ministry for Research and TechnologyJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research NetworkMax Planck Institute for Human DevelopmentMax Planck SocietyNIA NIH HHS P01 AG020166NIA NIH HHS U19 AG051426
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A large body of empirical evidence has accumulated showing that the experience of old age is "younger," more "agentic," and "happier" than ever before. However, it is not yet known whether historical improvements in well-being, control beliefs, cognitive functioning, and other outcomes generalize to individuals' views on their own aging process. To examine historical changes in such views on aging, we compared matched cohorts of older adults within two independent studies that assessed differences across a two-decade interval, the Berlin Aging Studies (BASE; 1990/1993 vs. 2017/2018, each

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AgingAttitudeAgedCognitionEmotionsHumansUnited States

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