Changes in Married Older Adults' Self-Perceptions of Aging: The Role of Gender
Changes in Married Older Adults' Self-Perceptions of Aging: The Role of Gender
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DOI：
10.1037/pag0000507
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发表时间：
2021-05-01
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3.7
通讯作者：
Boerner, Kathrin
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作者：
Kim, Yijung K.;Kim, Kyungmin;Boerner, Kathrin
在多大程度上自我感知的老化和他们的相关性在以后的生活中可能是性别仍然相对未被探索。特别是，很少有人知道如何随着时间的推移，在健康和配偶关系质量的变化有助于自我感知的老化已婚男性和女性。为了澄清这些联系，我们使用间内随机效应模型分析了健康与退休研究（2008-2016）中65岁及以上已婚人士（N = 2，623）的面板数据。研究结果显示，在基线和变化率的自我认知老化没有性别差异，健康和配偶关系质量较差，一般与不太积极的自我认知老化。然而，男性和女性在健康和配偶关系质量的人内变化如何与他们对衰老的自我感知相关方面存在差异。配偶压力和慢性疾病的增加与男性在该波中对衰老的积极自我认知减少有关，而功能限制的增加与女性在该波中对衰老的积极自我认知减少有关。最后，一个人的平均配偶压力有一个调节作用的男人，这样的男人与更多的整体配偶压力报告不太积极的自我感知的老化在一系列的慢性疾病，与男性相比，整体配偶压力较小。研究结果强调了社会资源，健康和自我认知的交叉点，这表明老年人对衰老的自我认知的性别差异是由已婚男性和女性之间不同的行为和社会经验所决定的。
To what extent self-perceptions of aging and their correlates in later life may be gendered remains relatively unexplored. In particular, little is known about how changes in the health and spousal relationship quality over time contribute to self-perceptions of aging among married men and women. To clarify these links, we analyzed panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (2008-2016) on married individuals aged 65 years and older (N = 2,623) using within-between random effects models. Findings showed no gender difference in self-perceptions of aging at baseline and in the rate of change, and poorer health and spousal relationship quality were generally associated with less positive self-perceptions of aging. However, men and women differed in how within-person changes in health and spousal relationship quality were associated with their self-perceptions of aging. Increases in spousal strain and chronic conditions were associated with less positive self-perceptions of aging on that wave for men, whereas increases in functional limitations were associated with less positive self-perceptions of aging on that wave for women. Finally, a person-mean of spousal strain had a moderating effect for men, such that men with more overall spousal strain reported less positive self-perceptions of aging across a range of chronic conditions, compared to the men with less overall spousal strain. Findings highlight the intersection of social resources, health, and self-perceptions of aging, suggesting that gender differences in older adults' self-perceptions of aging are contextualized by different behaviors and social experiences among married men and women.