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The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Multidimensional Nature of Subjective Age

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  • Donghong Xie
  • Jiwen Wang
  • Fan Huang
  • Shevaun Neupert

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ObjectivesAge stereotypes and expectations about one’s own aging commence in childhood, while most research focuses on predictive associations with midlife cognition and health outcomes in later life. This study instead aims to examine adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contributing to multiple measures of subjective age (SA) among Chinese older adults and test whether these relationships differ by household registration (hukou).MethodsIn a representative sample of Chinese older adults aged 60 and older from the 2018 China Longitudinal Aging and Social Survey (n = 7,815), ordinary least squares is used to examine the associations between ACEs and 3 facets of SA: felt age, look age, and self-defined aging standard.ResultsChildhood starvation experience and limited health care access predict older felt age and look age, while parental death is associated with lower self-defined aging standard. Zooming in on hukou-specific associations shows that the dose–response relationship on older adults with rural hukou is particularly pronounced.DiscussionFindings provide empirical support for views of aging from a life-course perspective and highlight the enduring impact of ACEs for late-adulthood SA, as well as their differential influence on multiple indicators of SA. Interventions that focus on promoting health and development in childhood could potentially have effects beyond the childhood phase, and benefit for their positive aging attitude in later life.

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  • Donghong Xie & Jiwen Wang & Fan Huang & Shevaun Neupert, 2023. "The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Multidimensional Nature of Subjective Age," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 78(2), pages 230-241.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:78:y:2023:i:2:p:230-241.
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