Subjective health and memory self-efficacy as mediators in the relation between subjective age and life satisfaction among older adults

References

• Alaphilippe , D , Bailly , N , Gana , K and Martin , B . 2005 . Les prédicteurs de l'adaptation chez l'adulte âgé . L'Année Psychologique , 4 : 649 – 667 .
   Google Scholar
• Arbuckle , JL . 1999 . Amos users’ guide: Version 4.0 , Chicago, IL : Smallwaters Corporation .
   Google Scholar
• Bandura , A . 1997 . Self-efficacy: The exercise of control , New York : Freeman .
   Google Scholar
• Barak , B . 1987 . Cognitive age: New multidimensional approach to measuring age identity . International Journal of Aging and Human Development , 25 : 109 – 125 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barak , B and Rahtz , DR . 1999 . Perceived youth: Appraisal and characterization . International Journal of Aging and Human Development , 49 : 231 – 257 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barrett , AE . 2003 . Socioeconomic status and age identity: The role of dimensions of health in the subjective construction of age . Journal of Gerontology Series B: Social Sciences , 58 : S101 – S109 .
   Google Scholar
• Barrett , AE . 2005 . Gendered experiences in midlife: Implications for age identity . Journal of Aging Studies , 19 : 163 – 183 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beaudoin , M , Agrigoroaei , S , Desrichard , O , Fournet , N and Roulin , JL . 2008 . Validation of the French version of the Memory Self-Efficacy Questionnaire . Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée/European Review of Applied Psychology , 58 : 165 – 176 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Benyamini , Y , Leventhal , EA and Leventhal , H . 1999 . Self-assessments of health: What do people know that predicts their mortality? . Research on Aging , 21 : 477 – 500 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Benyamini , Y , Leventhal , EA and Leventhal , H . 2003 . Elderly people's ratings of the importance of health-related factors to their self-assessments of health . Social Science and Medicine , 56 : 1661 – 1667 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berry , JM . 1999 . “ Memory self-efficacy in its social cognitive context ” . In Social cognition and aging , Edited by: Hess , TM and Blanchard-Fields , F . 69 – 96 . San Diego : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Berry , JM , West , RL and Dennehey , DM . 1989 . Reliability and validity of the memory self-efficacy questionnaire . Developmental Psychology , 25 : 701 – 713 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bishop , AJ , Martin , P and Poon , LW . 2006 . Happiness and congruence in older adulthood: A structural model of life satisfaction . Aging and Mental Health , 10 : 445 – 453 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blais , MR , Vallerand , RJ , Pelletier , LG and Brière , NM . 1989 . L'échelle de satisfaction de vie: Validation canadienne-française du “Satisfaction with Life Scale” . Revue Canadienne des Sciences du Comportement , 21 : 210 – 223 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boehmer , S . 2007 . Relationships between felt age and perceived disability, satisfaction with recovery, self-efficacy beliefs and coping strategies . Journal of Health Psychology , 12 : 895 – 906 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• De Frias , CM , Dixon , RA and Bäckman , L . 2003 . Use of memory compensation strategies is related to psychosocial and health indicators . Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences , 58 : 12 – 22 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Demakakos , P , Gjonca , E and Nazroo , J . 2007 . Age identity, age perceptions, and health: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences , 1114 : 279 – 287 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• DeSalvo , KB , Bloser , N , Reynolds , K , He , J and Muntner , P . 2006 . Mortality prediction with a single general self-rated health question . Journal of General Internal Medicine , 21 : 267 – 275 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Diener , E , Emmons , RA , Larsen , RJ and Griffin , S . 1985 . The satisfaction with life scale . Journal of Personality Assessment , 49 : 71 – 75 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Diener , E and Fujita , F . 1995 . Resources, personal strivings and subjective well-being: A nomothetic and idiographic approach . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 68 : 926 – 935 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eibach , RP , Mock , SE and Courtney , EA . 2010 . Having a “senior moment”: Induced aging phenomenology, subjective age, and susceptibility to ageist stereotypes . Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 46 : 643 – 649 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fillenbaum , G . 1988 . Multidimensional functional assessment: The Duke older American resources and services procedure , Hillsdale, NJ : Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Fort , I , Adoul , L , Holl , D , Kaddour , J and Gana , K . 2004 . Psychometric properties of the French version of the Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire for adults and the elderly . Canadian Journal on Aging , 23 : 347 – 357 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gana , K , Alaphilippe , D and Bailly , N . 2004 . Positive illusions and mental and physical health in later life . Aging and Mental Health , 8 : 58 – 64 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goldsmith , RE and Heiens , RA . 1992 . Subjective age: A test of five hypotheses . The Gerontologist , 32 : 312 – 317 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hertzog , C and Hultsch , DF . 2000 . “ Metacognition in adulthood and old age ” . In The handbook of aging and cognition , 2nd , Edited by: Fergus , CI and Salthouse , TA . 417 – 466 . Mahwah, NJ : Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Hertzog , C , Hultsch , DF and Dixon , RA . 1989 . Evidence for the convergent validity of two self-report metamemory questionnaires . Developmental Psychology , 25 : 687 – 700 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hobfoll , SE . 2002 . Social and psychological resources and adaptation . Review of General Psychology , 6 : 307 – 324 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hu , L and Bentler , PM . 1999 . Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives . Structural Equation Modeling , 6 ( 1 ) : 1 – 55 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hubley , AM and Russell , LB . 2009 . Prediction of subjective age, desired age, and age satisfaction in older adults: Do some health dimensions contribute more than others? . International Journal of Behavioral Development , 33 : 12 – 21 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Infurna , FJ , Gerstorf , D , Robertson , S , Berg , S and Zarit , SH . 2010 . The nature and cross-domain correlates of subjective age in the oldest-old: Evidence from the OCTO study . Psychology and Aging , 25 : 470 – 476 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jopp , D and Rott , C . 2006 . Adapting to very old age: Exploring the role of personal resources and protective mechanism in centenarians . Psychology and Aging , 21 : 266 – 280 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jopp , D and Smith , J . 2006 . Resources and life-management strategies as determinants of successful aging: On the protective effect of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC) . Psychology and Aging , 21 : 253 – 265 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaliterna , L , Larsen , ZP and Brkljacic , T . 2002 . Chronological and subjective age in relation to work demands: Survey of Croatian workers . Experimental Aging Research , 28 : 39 – 49 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn , A , Kotter-Grühn , D and Smith , J . 2008 . Self-perceptions of aging: Do subjective age and satisfaction with aging change during old age? . Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences , 63B : 377 – 385 .
   Google Scholar
• Kotter-Grühn , D , Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn , A , Gerstorf , D and Smith , J . 2009 . Self-perceptions of aging predict mortality and change with approaching death: 16-year longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study . Psychology and Aging , 24 : 654 – 667 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lang , FR , Rieckmann , N and Baltes , M . 2002 . Adapting to aging losses: Do resources facilitate strategies of selection, compensation, and optimization in everyday functioning? . Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences , 57B : 501 – 509 .
   Google Scholar
• Liang , J , Shaw , BA , Krause , N , Bennett , JM , Kobayashi , E , Fukaya , T and Sugihara , Y . 2005 . How does self-assessed health change with age? A study of older adults in Japan . Journal of Gerontology Series B: Social Sciences , 60B : S224 – S232 .
   Google Scholar
• MacKinnon , DP , Lockwood , CM and Williams , J . 2004 . Confidence limits for the indirect effect: Distribution of the product and resampling methods . Multivariate Behavioral Research , 39 : 99 – 128 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonald-Miszczak , L , Hertzog , C and Hultsch , DF . 1995 . Stability and accuracy of metamemory in adulthood and aging: A longitudinal analysis . Psychology and Aging , 10 : 553 – 564 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McFadden , E , Luben , R , Bingham , S , Wareham , N , Kinmonth , A-L and Khaw , K-T . 2009 . Does the association between self-rated health and mortality vary by social class? . Social Science and Medicine , 68 : 275 – 280 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Montepare , JM . 2009 . Subjective age: Toward a guiding lifespan framework . International Journal of Behavioral Development , 33 : 42 – 46 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Montepare , J and Lachman , M . 1989 . “You‘re only as old as you feel”: Self-perceptions of age, fears of aging, and life satisfaction from adolescence to old age . Psychology and Aging , 4 : 73 – 78 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mroczek , DK and Spiro , A . 2005 . Change in life satisfaction over 20 years during adulthood: Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 88 : 189 – 202 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pinquart , M . 2001 . Correlates of subjective health in older adults: A meta-analysis . Psychology and Aging , 16 : 414 – 426 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pinquart , M and Sorensen , S . 2001 . Gender differences in self-concept and psychological well-being in old age: A meta-analysis . Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences , 56B : 123 – 195 .
   Google Scholar
• Pinquart , M and Sorensen , S . 2006 . Gender differences in caregiver stressors, social resources, and health: An updated meta-analysis . Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences , 61B : 33 – 45 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Preacher , KJ and Hayes , AF . 2008 . Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models . Behavior Research Methods , 40 : 879 – 891 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rubin , DC and Berntsen , D . 2006 . People over forty feel 20% younger than their age: Subjective age across the life span . Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , 13 : 776 – 780 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schafer , MH and Shippee , TP . 2010 . Age identity, gender, and perceptions of decline: Does feeling older leads to pessimistic dispositions about cognitive aging? . Journal of Gerontology Series B: Social Sciences , 65B : S91 – S96 .
   Google Scholar
• Solomon , Z , Helvitz , H and Zerach , G . 2009 . Subjective age, PTSD and physical health among war veterans . Aging and Mental Health , 13 : 405 – 413 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stephan , Y . 2009 . Openness to experience and active older adults’ life satisfaction: A trait and facet-level analysis . Personality and Individual Differences , 47 : 637 – 641 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stevens , FCJ , Kaplan , CD , Ponds , RWHM and Jolles , J . 2001 . The importance of active lifestyles for memory performance and memory self-knowledge . Basic and Applied Social Psychology , 23 : 137 – 145 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steverink , N , Westerhof , GJ , Bode , C and Dittmann-Kohli , F . 2001 . The personal experience of aging, individual, resources, and subjective well-being . Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences , 56B : 364 – 373 .
   Google Scholar
• Teuscher , U . 2009 . Subjective age bias: A motivational and information processing approach . International Journal of Behavioral Development , 33 : 22 – 31 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Uotinen , V , Rantanen , T and Suutama , T . 2005 . Perceived age as a predictor of old age mortality: A 13-year prospective study . Age and Ageing , 34 : 368 – 372 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Uotinen , V , Rantanen , T , Suutama , T and Ruoppila , I . 2006 . Change in subjective age among older people over an eight-year follow-up: “Getting older and feeling younger?” . Experimental Aging Research , 32 : 381 – 393 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Valentijn , SAM , Hill , RD , Van Hooren , SAH , Bosma , H , Van Boxtel , MPJ , Jolles , J and Ponds , RWHM . 2006 . Memory self-efficacy predicts memory performance: Results from a 6-year follow-up study . Psychology and Aging , 21 : 165 – 172 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• West , RL , Welch , DC and Knabb , PD . 2002 . Gender and aging: Spatial self-efficacy and location recall . Basic and Applied Social Psychology , 24 : 71 – 80 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Westerhof , GJ and Barrett , AE . 2005 . Age identity and subjective well-being: A comparison of the United States and Germany . Journals of Gerontology Series B: Social Sciences , 60B : S129 – S136 .
   Google Scholar