The current study compares the relationships of chronological age versus subjective age with four domains of well-being, broadly defined (sense of purpose, life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, and self-reported health), in a racially diverse sample (N=741; age: 72.11, SD=3.04; 20% Black/African-American, 57% female) from a Midwestern city. Across all four domains, only subjective age was significantly associated with well-being, with the strongest of the associations occurring for self-reported health. Moreover, subjective age had a quadratic association with all four well-being domains, with the either positive or lack of associations with well-being domains becoming negative around the subjective age of 50.
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