TY - JOUR
T1 - The Association Between Views of Aging and Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Older Adults
T2 - Findings From Two Samples
AU - Weissberger, Gali H.
AU - Bodner, Ehud
AU - Palgi, Yuval
AU - Kavé, Gitit
AU - Shmotkin, Dov
AU - Shrira, Amit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - This cross-sectional study examined whether views of aging (VoA) relate to subjective cognitive complaints in two separate cohorts of older adults. Ageist attitudes, attitudes to aging (psychological loss, physical change, and psychological growth), subjective age, and subjective successful aging were examined. A moderating effect of chronological age was also examined. Samples included 572 adults aged 50 or older (Sample 1; mean age = 67.63, SD = 11.39, 49.4% female) and 224 adults aged 65 or older (Sample 2; mean age = 81.50, SD = 6.61, 75.3% female). More negative VoA (higher ageist attitudes, lower psychological growth, lower physical change, older subjective age, and less successful aging) were associated with more subjective cognitive complaints after controlling for covariates. An increase in chronological age strengthened some of these associations. Findings suggest that improving dimensions of VoA may have a complementary positive effect on subjective cognitive complaints in older adults.
AB - This cross-sectional study examined whether views of aging (VoA) relate to subjective cognitive complaints in two separate cohorts of older adults. Ageist attitudes, attitudes to aging (psychological loss, physical change, and psychological growth), subjective age, and subjective successful aging were examined. A moderating effect of chronological age was also examined. Samples included 572 adults aged 50 or older (Sample 1; mean age = 67.63, SD = 11.39, 49.4% female) and 224 adults aged 65 or older (Sample 2; mean age = 81.50, SD = 6.61, 75.3% female). More negative VoA (higher ageist attitudes, lower psychological growth, lower physical change, older subjective age, and less successful aging) were associated with more subjective cognitive complaints after controlling for covariates. An increase in chronological age strengthened some of these associations. Findings suggest that improving dimensions of VoA may have a complementary positive effect on subjective cognitive complaints in older adults.
KW - ageist attitudes
KW - older adults
KW - subjective age
KW - subjective cognitive complaints
KW - views of aging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125739622&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/01640275211065150
DO - 10.1177/01640275211065150
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C2 - 35229687
AN - SCOPUS:85125739622
SN - 0164-0275
VL - 44
SP - 531
EP - 544
JO - Research on Aging
JF - Research on Aging
IS - 7-8
ER -