When people say they don’t feel their age, they may be experiencing “subjective rejuvenation.” New research on self-perceptions shows this is getting pretty common.
Research comparing trends in how people define themselves supports the idea of “subjective rejuvenation.”
When someone asks you how old you are now, do you have to stop and think before you answer? Perhaps you automatically come up with a number that is a year or two less than your chronological age. It’s not that you’re trying to hide the real number, it’s just that it doesn’t seem to fit the way you feel.
With evidence suggesting that subjective age might be worth a second look from an empirical perspective, the Humboldt U. research team then went on to pose the question of whether there’s been a trend for current middle-aged and older adults to feel younger than did prior generations. Think for a moment about this idea.
The subjective age question was a simple one: “How old do you feel?” The responses were converted to a “subjective age proportional-discrepancy score” multiplied by 100. The roles of other influences were also factored into the generational analysis, includingThe findings clearly supported the subjective rejuvenation effect, with a steady decline in this proportional measure toward younger subjective age across the three cohort groups.
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