Differences in awareness of positive and negative age-related changes accounting for variability in health outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Higher awareness of positive age-related changes (AARC gains) is related to better mental health, whereas higher awareness of negative age-related changes (AARC losses) is related to poorer mental and physical health. So far perceived gains and losses have been explored separately, but people report gains and losses concurrently in varying degrees, and different profiles of gains and losses may be differentially associated with health. We identified profiles of gains and losses and explored whether different profiles differed in physical, mental, and cognitive health. We used cross-sectional data from the PROTECT study (N = 6192; mean (SD) age = 66.1 (7.0)). Using latent profile analysis, a four-class solution showed the best model fit. We found that 45% of people perceived many gai

SUBMITTER: Sabatini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9729481 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature