Awareness of age-related gains and losses as moderators of daily stress reactivity in middle- and older-adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Associations between awareness of one's own aging and wellbeing have received increasing attention in the field of gerontology over the last decade. The current study examines how between-person differences and within-person fluctuations of awareness of age-related change (AARC) relate to daily negative affect and vitality. Of key interest was the extent to which fluctuations in AARC moderated reactivity to stressor exposure. We predicted that higher positive perceptions of aging (AARC-gains) would buffer the relationship between daily stressors and negative affect/vitality. Conversely, we expected that higher negative perceptions (AARC-losses) may exacerbate the relationship between daily stressors and the outcome variables.

Methods

Data were collected from a com

SUBMITTER: Wilton-Harding B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9458888 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature