TY - JOUR

T1 - Futurization of Aging: Subjective Beliefs and Effects

AU - Strizhitskaya, Olga

AU - Petrash, Marina

AU - Golubitskaya, Daria

AU - Kuzmina, Maria

AU - Krupina, Kristina

AU - Shchukin, Anton

AU - Engelgardt, Elena

N1 - Strizhitskaya, O.; Petrash, M.; Golubitskaya, D.; Kuzmina, M.; Krupina, K.; Shchukin, A.; Engelgardt, E. Futurization of Aging: Subjective Beliefs and Effects. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13010004

PY - 2023/1/1

Y1 - 2023/1/1

N2 - Aging in the face of an increasing population and growing life expectancy is considered one of the major demographic challenges in modern society. Previous research has revealed that quality of life in aging could significantly differ depending on the resources one possesses. However, little attention has been given to the mechanisms of formation of these resources and the role of intentionality. In the present study, we identified 22 strategies that favor a better life quality in aging and analyzed them from the perspective of subjective beliefs and reported performance. Our sample was adults (n = 72) aged 57–65, living in St. Petersburg, Russia. The results showed that although participants were aware of the strategies that favor aging, their reported performance ranged on a scale from average to infrequent use of these strategies. We found that subjective beliefs about the role of psychological resources for better aging predicted higher scores on subjective beliefs about the role of lifestyle resources and the reported performance of psychological resources. Our results suggest that there is a gap between subjective beliefs about the controllability of aging processes and the transformation of these beliefs into real performance.

AB - Aging in the face of an increasing population and growing life expectancy is considered one of the major demographic challenges in modern society. Previous research has revealed that quality of life in aging could significantly differ depending on the resources one possesses. However, little attention has been given to the mechanisms of formation of these resources and the role of intentionality. In the present study, we identified 22 strategies that favor a better life quality in aging and analyzed them from the perspective of subjective beliefs and reported performance. Our sample was adults (n = 72) aged 57–65, living in St. Petersburg, Russia. The results showed that although participants were aware of the strategies that favor aging, their reported performance ranged on a scale from average to infrequent use of these strategies. We found that subjective beliefs about the role of psychological resources for better aging predicted higher scores on subjective beliefs about the role of lifestyle resources and the reported performance of psychological resources. Our results suggest that there is a gap between subjective beliefs about the controllability of aging processes and the transformation of these beliefs into real performance.

KW - futurization of aging

KW - construction of aging

KW - subjective beliefs

KW - reported performance

KW - lifestyle resources

KW - psychological resources

U2 - 10.3390/bs13010004

DO - 10.3390/bs13010004

M3 - Article

VL - 13

JO - Behavioral Sciences

JF - Behavioral Sciences

SN - 2076-328X

IS - 1

M1 - 4

ER -