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Mar 16, 2020 · Far from being fixed in childhood, or around the age of 30 – as experts thought for years – it seems that our personalities are fluid and malleable. Most of us would like to think of our ...
- They’re called the golden years for a reason. Getting older has its perks. For one, you’re good at using what you’ve learned. This is called crystalized intelligence, and it keeps getting better, even when you’re 65 or 70.
- Turns out you might not be a grumpy old man (or woman), after all. You’ll probably get more agreeable as you age, at least through your 60s. You’re also likely to be happier and less inclined to get angry.
- You’re more in tune with other people’s emotions in your 40s than at any other time in your life. That insight into how others think and feel can make living with your loved ones easier and help you get along better with your coworkers, too.
- Older women may have sex less often than when they were younger, but apparently they make it count. In a study of women 40 and over, researchers found that sexual satisfaction improved with age.
- Subjective Age, Chronological Age, and Well-Being
- Key Findings on Aging and Well-Being
- Implications For Individuals and Healthcare
- Being A Steward of Your Own Development Across The Lifespan
A recent study in the Journal of Psychiatric Research(2022) takes a scientific view of this question. Researchers Aftab, Lam, Thomas, Daly, Lee, and Jeste analyzed data from the Successful AGing Evaluation Study (SAGE), with over 1,300 community-based participants comprising a real-world sample of everyday folks across the lifespan recruited in ord...
First, perceived subjective age was consistently younger than chronological age (SA). This effect was stronger with increasing age: Participants on average rated their subjective age 7.3 percent younger than calendar age, but for those over 60, SA was 13 to 18 percent lower than CA. Younger SA relative to CA was associated with better reported well...
The study is part of a growing body of literature on successful aging. People on average are living longer, and younger people anticipate they will live longer than their parent’s generation did, creating open questions about how to construct a meaningful and satisfying life given changing expectations. For people in mid- to older adulthood, the qu...
Understanding how self-concept changes with age given changes in health, cognition, and appearance is important for maintaining satisfaction throughout the life cycle. According to psychologist Erik Erikson’s foundational work, development proceeds from cradle to grave. The last two stages of adult development are middle adulthood, from about 40 to...
- Don’t live for how you’ll look back on your life. We intuit that the good life is one you’ll look back on proudly and the bad life is the one you’ll look back on regretfully.
- Anticipate shrinking expectations. Somehow between now and 90, you’re going to have to shrink your expectations to where having a good poop is a productive day.
- You will over- and under-estimate how fast you’re aging. Somewhere between eight and 30 most of us become adults. During that growth phase we’re moving targets and as such are hard to read accurately.
- Remember the midlife crisis? It’ll come back with a vengeance. We talk of a woman’s biological clock. Well, by now there’s a sociological clock too and it ticks for all of us, the sense that we better make our mark before it’s too late.
Oct 17, 2019 · When scientists ask: “How old do you feel, most of the time?” the answer tends to reflect the state of people’s physical and mental health. “This simple question seems to be particularly...
Apr 10, 2024 · There’s a widespread assumption that old age is painful, lonely and unattractive. While most of us in the developed world appreciate the medical developments that mean we can expect to live around six years longer than our grandparents, we don’t actually want to be old.
Jul 19, 2018 · As you might expect, most children and adolescents feel older than they really are. But this switches at around 25, when the felt age drops behind the chronological age. By age 30, around 70% of...
