eprintid: 1562
rev_number: 145
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datestamp: 2006-01-23 12:00:00
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creators_name: Bowling, A
creators_name: See-Tai, S
creators_name: Ebrahim, S
creators_name: Gabriel, Z
creators_name: Solanki, P
title: Attributes of age-identity
ispublished: pub
subjects: 6800
divisions: UCL
keywords: age-identity, subjective age, self-perceived age, attitudes to ageing, ageing, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, ELDERLY PEOPLE, SUBJECTIVE AGE, OLD-AGE, HEALTH, SATISFACTION, POPULATION, MIDDLE, CARE
abstract: Chronological age can be an unsatisfactory method of discriminating between older people. The lay concept of how old people actually feel may be more useful. The aim of the analyses reported in this paper was to investigate indicators of age-identity (or subjective age) among a national random sample of people aged 65 or more years living at home in Britain. Information was initially collected by home interview and a follow-up postal questionnaire 12-18 months later. The age that respondents felt was a more sensitive indicator than chronological age of many indicators of the respondents' health, psychological and social characteristics. Multiple regression analysis showed that baseline health and functional status, and reported changes in these at follow-up, explained 20.4 per cent of the variance in self-perceived age. Adding baseline mental health (anxiety/depression), feelings and fears about ageing at follow-up explained a further 0.8 per cent of the variance, making the total variance explained 21.2 per cent. It is concluded that measures of physical health and functional status and their interactions influenced age-identity. Mental health status and psychological perceptions made a small but significant additional contribution.
date: 2005-07
date_type: published
publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X05003818
vfaculties: VFPHS
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
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elements_source: Web of Science
elements_id: 56822
doi: 10.1017/S0144686X0503818
lyricists_name: BOWLING, ANN
lyricists_name: SEE TAI, SHARON
lyricists_id: ABOWL13
lyricists_id: SASEE81
full_text_status: public
publication: AGEING SOC
volume: 25
number: 4
pagerange: 479 - 500
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0144-686X
citation:        Bowling, A;    See-Tai, S;    Ebrahim, S;    Gabriel, Z;    Solanki, P;      (2005)    Attributes of age-identity.                   AGEING SOC , 25  (4)   479 - 500.    10.1017/S0144686X0503818 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X0503818>.       Green open access   
 
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