Older adults who feel young at heart may not only live longer, but also may have more life satisfaction, lower dementia risk and reduced depression symptoms.
Interestingly, how people feel about their age has been changing over time. New research suggests that middle-aged and older adults today may be feeling younger than their counterparts in the past.published in Psychological Science in April reported that, over time, adults have been feeling younger, and younger than those of the same chronological age in the past, even when accounting for other factors that could influence subjective age such as chronic illness, loneliness and education level.
For example, a 60-year-old born in 1936 would feel more like 53 years old, or only about 12 percent younger. But a 60-year-old born in 1956 — two decades later — would feel like they were 50 years old, or about 17 percent younger. The finding that people may generally be feeling younger can be seen as positive because it is associated with greater well-being, healthier lives and lower rates of mortality. One reason could be that a younger subjective age reflects having
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