ArticleResearch on aging2023
How Do Marital Transitions Affect Self-Perceptions of Aging?
Article in Research on aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Subjective aging and psychological well-being in older adults: a narrative review and multilevel framework integrating perceptual, behavioral, and sociocultural pathways.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Successful Aging and Subjective Aging: Toward a Framework to Research a Neglected Connection.The Gerontologist · 2024Review
- Correlates of felt age in caregivers of people with dementia: findings from the IDEAL study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Social Support, Social Strain, and Self-Perceptions of Aging.Research on agingArticle
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objectivesWe analyzed whether marital status and experiences of marital loss or gain were associated with self-perceptions of aging (SPA), a major psychosocial mechanism of healthy aging.
methodWe used data from 7028 participants of the Health and Retirement Study. Participants reported their marital status and their positive and negative SPA on two occasions 4 years apart. We ran general linear models to analyze differences in SPA between men and women who remained married, became divorced or widowed, or remarried following divorce or widowhood.
resultsParticipants who experienced marital loss had lower positive SPA than participants who remained marred. Participants who experienced marital gain had lower negative SPA than participants who remained married. None of the associations differed between men and women. DISCUSSION: Results suggest that it may not be marital status itself, but rather the transition into or out of marriage, that impacts how people appraise their own aging.
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