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Measuring Self-Perceptions of Aging: Differences Between Measures When Predicting Health Outcomes
[Socioeconomic status and health: What we know and what we don’t]

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  • Jordan Boeder
  • Dwight C K Tse
  • Yuval Palgi

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ObjectivesThe majority of self-perceptions of aging (SPA) research uses either a combination of the Aging-related Cognitions (AgeCog) scales of Ongoing Development and Physical Loss, or the Attitudes Towards Own Aging (ATOA) subscale to assess views on aging. Although these scales are used interchangeably, the valence (positive/negative) and the specificity of the view on aging (domain-based/general) being assessed are not consistent. This study investigates how different measures of SPA relate to one another and whether they differentially predict various types of health outcomes (psychological/physiological; well-being/ill-being).MethodData from the 2008 and 2014 waves of the German Aging Survey (DEAS; N = 3,745), a population-based representative survey of adults aged 40–95, was used to examine the relationship between the AgeCog scales and the ATOA subscale, as well as the differences in the types of health outcomes each predicts.ResultsThe correlations between the AgeCog scales and the ATOA were higher than the correlation between the AgeCog scales (p

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  • Jordan Boeder & Dwight C K Tse & Yuval Palgi, 2021. "Measuring Self-Perceptions of Aging: Differences Between Measures When Predicting Health Outcomes [Socioeconomic status and health: What we know and what we don’t]," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 76(5), pages 825-835.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:76:y:2021:i:5:p:825-835.
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    1. Serena Sabatini & Obioha C. Ukoumunne & Allyson Brothers & Manfred Diehl & Hans-Werner Wahl & Clive Ballard & Rachel Collins & Anne Corbett & Helen Brooker & Linda Clare, 2022. "Differences in awareness of positive and negative age-related changes accounting for variability in health outcomes," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1087-1097, December.

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