Humans are able to reflect on and interpret their own aging. Thus, as individuals grow older,
calendar age may become increasingly a subjective variable. This theoretical paper …

Views on ageing (VoA) have special relevance for the ageing process by influencing health,
well-being, and longevity. Although VoA form early in life, so far, most research has …

This article updates and extends an earlier meta-analysis (Westerhof et al., 2014) on the
longitudinal effects of subjective aging (SA) on health outcomes. A systematic search in …

Personal views on aging, such as age stereotypes and subjective aging, can affect various
health outcomes in later life. For the past 20 years or so, a large body of experimental and …

The last 2 decades have witnessed increased research on the role of life events in
personality trait development, but few findings appear to be robust. We propose that a key to …

The present study examined the impact of the developmental timing of trauma exposure on
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and psychosocial functioning in a large …

Objectives Although the evidence linking views on aging (VoA) with aging outcomes is
robust, little is known about how different types of VoA may interact to influence such …

According to recent surveys, dementia worry (DW) is a widespread phenomenon in mid-life
and old age, at least in Western populations. DW has been shown to be only loosely related …

Using data from the German Ageing Survey (Deutscher Alterssurvey, DEAS; N= 4,712), this
study examined age-related change in three dimensions of self-perceptions of aging (SPA) …

Decades of research have shown that biological and psychosocial aging are not as
predetermined as had been thought for a long time. Yet, despite a large and growing …