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ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2024

Self-perceptions of aging: A conceptual and empirical overview.

Manfred Diehl, Hans-Werner Wahl

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Review in Current opinion in psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The respective roles of negative and positive views of aging in predicting rehabilitation outcomes.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026
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  2. Independent trajectories of cognitive function and daily events across 9 years during midlife and old age.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026
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  12. Aging and perceiving aging together: couple synchrony in self-perceptions of aging and health.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Manfred DiehlDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, USA. Electronic address: manfred.diehl@colostate.edu.
Hans-Werner WahlNetwork Aging Research & Institute of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

Testing Psychological Mechanisms to Promote Physical Activity in AdultsR01AG051723 · NIA · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DIEHL, MANFRED K. · 2017 to 2021
$2.8M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG051723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article defines self-perceptions of aging (SPA) as individuals' perceptions, expectations, and experiences regarding their own process of growing old(er). As such, SPA are considered a critically important element of the aging self. Furthermore, the authors present a heuristic model that positions adults' SPA within a lifespan developmental and cultural-societal context and elaborates distal and proximal antecedents, process modes, and developmental outcomes. The remainder of the article summarizes recent empirical findings and discusses future challenges and directions.

Indexed as

AgingLongevityAdultHumansSelf ConceptAwareness of age-related changeCultural-societal contextDevelopmental outcomesLifespan developmental contextSelf-perceptions of aging

Identifiers

PMID38065005
PMCPMC10842166

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