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An information-processing pathway driven by temporal comparisons and reflective processing leads to assimilation. A motivational pathway driven by social comparisons and evaluative processing leads to contrast. Across a 10-year longitudinal study (N=2,425; 39–93) and an experiment (N=160; 50–75), social comparisons yield more positive aging self-perceptions and feeling relatively younger, while temporal comparisons yield more negative aging self-perceptions and feeling relatively older. 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University of Halle, Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, 2. Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Jena, Thuringen, Germany  \nWe propose and test a dual process model of subjective aging illustrating how social and temporal comparison processes shape subjective aging in opposite ways in the second half of life. First, an information-processing pathway primarily involves temporal comparisons, including reflective processing that leads to assimilation. Second, a motivational pathway involves social comparisons, including evaluative processing that results in contrast. We predicted and found across two studies – a 10-year longitudinal (Study 1, N = 2,425, 39-93 years; 55.5% women) and an experimental study (Study 2, N = 160, 50-75 years, 58% women) -that social comparisons (“me vs. them”) result in more positive self-perceptions of aging and feeling relatively younger, whereas temporal comparisons (“me vs. past/future me”) lead to more negative self-perceptions of aging and feeling relatively older. We discuss how these insights can enhance our understanding of the cognitive and motivational processes that shape subjective aging and can inform interventions and policies aimed at fostering positive self-perceptions of aging and promoting healthy aging.","cbCaihbB8k5LwF9o","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihbB8k5LwF9o","pdf",120787,"English","# Abstract\n## Model pathways\n## Study evidence\n## Implications","[{\"question\":\"What are the two pathways proposed in the dual-process model of subjective aging?\",\"answer\":\"The model includes an information-processing pathway mainly involving temporal comparisons that produces assimilation, and a motivational pathway involving social comparisons that produces contrast.\"},{\"question\":\"How do social comparisons and temporal comparisons affect self-perceptions of aging?\",\"answer\":\"Social comparisons (“me vs. them”) lead to more positive aging self-perceptions and feeling relatively younger, whereas temporal comparisons (“me vs. past/future me”) lead to more negative self-perceptions and feeling relatively older.\"},{\"question\":\"Which studies tested the model and what did they show?\",\"answer\":\"The model was tested in a 10-year longitudinal study (N=2,425) and an experimental study (N=160), and both found the predicted opposite effects of social versus temporal comparisons on subjective aging.\"}]","A DUAL-PROCESS MODEL OF SUBJECTIVE AGING: THE ROLE OF TEMPORAL AND SOCIAL COMPARISONS | PDF"]