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The relationship between and predictors of objective and subjective cognition are inconsistent indicating that each may assess a different aspect of function (Lenehan, Klekociuk, & Summers, 2012). Moreover, ascertaining antecedents of subjective cognitive function is critical given the role subjective experience plays in quality of life (Rotenberg Shpigelman, Sternberg, & Maeir, 2017). Although prior work found that objective cognitive and physical measures were related to one’s expectations of aging, work to date has not examined such relationships using subjective cognition. To fill this gap, this study assessed the hypothesis that more favorable opinions of aging—as measured by the Expectations Regarding Aging Survey (ERA-12)—would predict better self-assessed cognition as measured by the cognitive sub-score on the Cognitive Self Report Questionnaire (CSRQ) in a sample of community dwelling older adults (N=70). After controlling for the effects of age, gender, education, and depressive symptoms, multivariate regression revealed that the physical (β = -.06, t(64) = -1.43, p = .16) and cognitive (β = -.18, t(64) = -.47, p = .64) sub-scores of ERA were unrelated to self-assessed cognition. However, the mental health sub-score (β = -.28, t(64) = -2.01, p = .05) and total ERA score (β = -.30, t(64) = -2.17, p = .03) predicted self-reported cognition with more favorable expectations predicting less self-reported cognitive decline. While future research should examine how expectations of aging and self-assessed cognition jointly contribute to objective cognition, this study suggests that expectations of aging and self-assessment may interact in previously unstudied ways.
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