Open AccessAge Effects of Frames of Reference in Self-Reports of Health, Well-Being, Fatigue and Pain
Author(s) -
Ania Filus,
Doerte U. Junghaenel,
Stefan Schneider,
Joan E. Broderick,
Arthur A. Stone
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
applied research in quality of life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1871-2584
pISSN - 1871-2576
DOI - 10.1007/s11482-018-9663-7
Subject(s) - quality of life research , life satisfaction , age groups , psychology , self assessment , population , medicine , public health , demography , gerontology , environmental health , social psychology , nursing , sociology
Self-reports of health and well-being are central for population monitoring, so it is paramount that they are measured accurately. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of age on the use of the comparison standards or frames of reference (FoRs) in self-reports of health, life-satisfaction, fatigue, and pain, and to determine if the age-health outcome associations were affected by age differences in FoRs.