Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.23.3.06
The Relationship Between Subjective Age and Some Sociodemographic Characteristics, Personality Traits and Health
Marija Novoselić
; Osnovna škola "Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić", Strizivojna
Ivana Tucak Junaković
orcid.org/0000-0003-2166-1089
; Sveučilište u Zadru, Zadar
Sažetak
The aim of this study was to examine three indicators of
subjective age (cognitive, comparative and ideal age), their
inter-correlations and their relationships with some
sociodemographic characteristics, the Big-Five personality
traits, and self-rated health. 230 subjects aged 20 to 72
years, from several Croatian cities, participated in the study.
The relevant constructs were measured by IPIP50 personality
questionnaire, and by questions referring to different aspects
of subjective age and self-rated health. The results have
shown that cognitive and ideal ages of participants were on
average significantly lower than their chronological age, and
the majority of them felt younger compared to their age
group. With an increase in chronological age, the
discrepancy between subjective age indicators and
chronological age rose. Furthermore, there were no
significant gender differences in subjective age, neither was
a significant correlation of education with measures of
subjective age found. Contrary to expectations, the results of
hierarchical regression analysis showed that the Big-Five
personality traits are better predictors of subjective age than
self-rated health. However, personality traits, as well as self-
-rated health, after controlling for chronological age,
explained only a small proportion of variance of the three
indicators of subjective age.
Ključne riječi
subjective age; personality traits; self-rated health
Hrčak ID:
130055
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.10.2014.
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