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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2023 Mar 27;38(3):147–166. doi: 10.1037/pag0000737

Table 1.

Overview of Included Studies

Author(s) (year) Study Country N Follow-up (yr) Study Quality Mean age (yr) Predictors Health Outcomes
Sub age SPA Path Ment hlth Phys hlth Long
1 Avidor, Levi-Beltz, & Solomon (2021) IL 125 7 50 58 X X
2.1 Avidor, Palgi, & Solomon (2021) Study 1 IL 226 6 50 65 X X
2.2 Avidor, Palgi, & Solomon (2021) Study 2 IL 132 1 67 66 X X
3 Ayalon (2016) HRS USA 4,121 4 100 74 U Sub
4 Barnes-Farrell & Petery (2018) HRS USA 2,156 4 83 69 X X Sub
5 Barrett & Toothman (2016) MIDUS USA 872 9 83 50 X Psy
6 Benyamini & Burns (2019) RAH USA 851 10 40 73 X X
7 Beyer et al. (2015) DEAS FRG 277 2.5 83 73 U Beh Sub
8 Beyer et al. (2019) DEAS FRG 2,367 3 83 73 G,L Beh
9 Boeder & Tse (2020) DEAS FRG 3,745 6 67 61 U,L,G Psy X Sub
10 Boehmer (2006) BLS FRG 159 0.42 0 63 X Sub
11 Boehmer (2007) BLS FRG 159 0.42 0 63 X Psy, Beh Sub
12 Brothers et al. (2016) FRG, USA 537 2.5 33 64 G,L Psy
13 Cheng et al. (2012) HKG 83 0.25 33 58 U Ob
14 Choi & Dinitto (2014) NHATS USA 5,371 1 50 74 X X
15 Cohn-Schwartz et al. (2020) HRS USA 1,823 8 100 68 U X Sub
16 Dutt, Gabrian, & Wahl (2018) FRG 356 2.5 67 63 G,L X
17 Dutt & Wahl (2019) FRG 299 4.5 67 63 L X
18 Dutt, Wahl, & Rupprecht (2018) FRG 356 5 50 63 G,L X
19 Fass et al. (2020) DEAS FRG 1,027 12 83 64 L Sub
20 Freeman et al. (2016) TILDA IE 6,065 2 50 63 L X
21 Fundenberger et al. (2020) NHATS USA 1,679 7 67 75 X Sub
22 Gale et al. (2018) LBC1936 GB 271 7 50 79 G,L Beh
23 Gale & Cooper (2018) ELSA GB 3,505 6 83 70 L Ob
24 Gum & Ayalon (2018) HRS USA 4,606 4 100 65 U X
25 Hajek & König (2020) DEAS FRG 18,373 15 67 65 X Psy
26 Han (2018) HRS USA 3,382 4 100 74 U X Sub
27 Han & Richardson (2015) HRS USA 3,921 4 100 65 U X
28 Kaspar et al. (2021) FRG 1,863 3.5 40 87 G,L X
29 Kim et al. (2014) HRS USA 6,177 4 83 71 U Beh
30 Klusmann et al.(2019) KLS FRG 557 1 50 44 G Beh
31 Kotter-Grühn et al. (2009) BASE FRG 496 16 80 85 X U X
32 Kwak et al. (2014) HRS USA 5,938 4 100 65 U X
33 Lahav et al. (2020) IL 88 15 33 64 X Phy
34 Levy et al. (2018) HRS USA 4,765 4 50 72 U Ob
35 Levy & Bavishi (2018) HRS USA 4,149 6 80 68 U X
36 Levy & Myers (2004) OLSAR USA 241 20 50 57 U Beh
37 Levy & Myers (2005) OLSAR USA 620 23 60 63 U X
38 Levy & Slade (2019) HRS USA 5,702 6 50 65 U Beh
39 Levy, Slade, & Kasl (2002) OLSAR USA 433 20 50 62 U Sub
40 Levy, Slade, Kunkel, & Kasl (2002) OLSAR USA 660 23 60 63 U X
41 Li et al. (2021) NHATS USA 2,592 4 50 75 X Ob
42 Liang (2018) SSAPURs CN 5,702 4 83 70 X Sub
43 Liang (2020) SSAPURs CN 5,612 4 83 70 X X
44 Lim et al. (2013) ACPC USA 290 1 20 63 X X
45 Losada-Baltar, et al. (2021) ES 1,549 .04 50 43 U X
46 Luo & Li (2020) HRS USA 10,212 6 83 66 U Sub
47 Maier & Smith (1999) BASE FRG 513 4.5 60 85 U X
48 Markides & Pappas (1982) SATX USA 460 4 60 65 X X
49 McLachlan et al. (2020) LBC 1936 GB 758 8 40 73 G,L Phy
50 Mejía et al. (2017) HRS USA 1,231 6 83 66 U Sub
51 Mejía et al. (2020) HRS USA 2,717 4 83 66 G,L Phy Ob
52 Mock & Eibach (2011) MIDUS USA 1,170 10 50 53 X Psy
53 Moser et al. (2011) LC65+ CH 883 1 33 69 U Sub
54 Nieves-Lugo, et al. (2021) USA 549 4.5 33 61 X U Ob
55 Palgi et al. (2018) HRS USA 4,938 6 50 69 X X Sub
56 Palgi et al. (2019) IL 132 2 50 65 X X
57 Petashnick, et al. (2022) IL 164 3 67 81 X Phy X Sub
58 Qiao et al. (2021) ELSA GB 6,475 11 50 65 X Ob
59 Rippon & Steptoe (2015) ELSA GB 6,489 9 40 66 X X
60 Rippon & Steptoe (2018) ELSA GB 7,546 4 67 66 X X Sub
61 Sargent-Cox et al. (2012) ALSA AUS 1,212 16 67 77 U Ob
62 Sargent-Cox et al. (2014) ALSA AUS 1,507 16 40 77 U X
63 Schroyen et al. (2017) BE 58 1 67 74 U Psy Sub
64 Schroyen et al. (2020) BE 140 6 40 73 U X
65 Segel-Karpas et al. (2021) MIDUS USA 3,591 8 100 69 U X
66 Siebert et al. (2018) ILSE FRG 260 12 67 63 U Ob
67 Spuling et al. (2013) DEAS FRG 3,038 6 50 61 X X Sub
68.1 Stephan et al. (2015) HRS USA 2,023 4 67 74 X Phy
68.2 Stephan et al. (2015) NHATS USA 3,279 2 67 76 X Phy
69.1 Stephan et al. (2016) MIDUS USA 3,209 9 50 47 X Sub
69.2 Stephan et al. (2016) HRS USA 3,779 4 50 68 X Sub
69.3 Stephan et al. (2016) NHATS USA 3,418 2 50 76 X Sub
70 Stephan et al. (2019) HRS USA 3,339 4 83 69 X Phy
71.1 Stephan, Sutin, Bayard, & Terracciano (2017) MIDUS USA 2,350 9 67 56 X Beh
71.2 Stephan, Sutin, Bayard, & Terracciano (2017) HRS USA 4,066 6 67 68 X Beh
71.3 Stephan, Sutin, Bayard, & Terracciano (2017) NHATS USA 3,541 3 67 76 X Beh
72 Stephan, Sutin, Luchetti, & Terracciano (2017) HRS USA 5,748 4 83 74 X Ob
73 Stephan, Sutin, Luchetti, & Terracciano (2018) NHATS USA 4,262 4 83 76 X Ob
74 Stephan, Sutin, Luchetti, & Terracciano (2021) HRS USA 2,253 7 83 67 X Phy
75.1 Stephan, Sutin, & Terracciano (2018) MIDUS USA 4,898 19 60 48 X X
75.2 Stephan, Sutin, & Terracciano (2018) HRS USA 6,220 6 60 70 X X
75.3 Stephan, Sutin, & Terracciano (2018) NHATS USA 6,494 3 60 77 X X
76 Stephan, Sutin, Wurm & Terracciona (2021) HRS USA 10,695 9 33 69 X U Sub
77 Sun et al. (2017) HRS USA 4,735 4 100 69 U Sub
78 Tovel et al. (2019) IL 892 2 83 81 U Sub
79 Uotinen et al. (2005) EP FIN 1,165 13 20 73 X X
80 Veenstra et al. (2020) NorLAG NO 4,502 15 83 58 X Psy Sub
81 Veenstra et al. (2021) NorLAG NO 1,432 10 80 73 X X
82 Warmoth et al. (2018) ELSA GB 2,418 6 100 70 U Ob
83 Wettstein, Spuling, Cengia, & Nowossadeck (2021) DEAS FRG 5,039 3 50 64 X Sub
84 Wettstein, Wahl, & Kornadt (2021) DEAS FRG 4,588 3 67 64 X U,G,L X
85 Wettstein, Wahl, & Siebert (2020) ILSE FRG 894 20 67 54 U Ob
86 Wettstein, Wahl & Spuling (2021) DEAS FRG 2,499 9 83 71 U,G,L Sub
87 Whitehead (2019) USA 89 .67 50 77 U Phy Sub
88 Wienert et al. (2015) FRG 541 .08 67 40 X Beh
89 Wienert et al. (2017) FRG 571 .08 50 41 X Beh
90 Wolff et al. (2017) DEAS FRG 252 2.5 100 73 L Psy Sub
91 Wurm et al. (2007) DEAS FRG 1,286 6 83 57 G,L Sub
92 Wurm et al. (2008) DEAS FRG 1,286 6 67 57 G Psy Sub
93 Wurm et al. (2010) DEAS FRG 1,286 6 83 57 G Beh
94 Wurm et al. (2013) DEAS FRG 678 0.5 100 73 L Psy Sub
95 Wurm & Benyamini (2014) DEAS FRG 1,286 3 83 62 L X Sub
96 Wurm & Schäfer (2022) DEAS FRG 2,400 23 80 59 X G,L X
97 Zee & Weiss (2019) MIDUS USA 5,762 14 67 59 X Phy
98 Zhang et al. (2020) CLHLS CN 10,051 8 60 90 L X
99 Zhao et al. (2017) CLHLS CN 10,051 9 60 85 U X

Notes: Study Abbreviations: ALSA=Australian Longitudinal Study BASE=Berlin Aging Study BLS=Berlin Longitudinal Study on Quality of Life after Tumor Surgery CLHLS= Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey EP=Evergreen Project DEAS=German Aging Survey ELSA=English Longitudinal Study of Ageing HRS=Health and Retirement Study ILSE=Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development KLS=Konstanz Life Study (not currently abbreviated but we could - Klusmann) LBC1936=Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 LC65+=Lausanne Cohort Study MIDUS=Survey on Midlife in the United States NHATS=National Health and Aging Trends Study NorLAG=Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study OLSAR= Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement RAH =Rutgers Aging and Health Study SSAPURs=Sample Survey of the Aged Population in Urban/Rural China SATX=Survey in San Antonio, Texas SSP=Study on chronically institutionalized Schizophrenia Patients TILDA= The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Country Abbreviations: AUS=Australia BE=Belgium CH=Switzerland CN=China ES=Spain FIN=Finland DE=Germany GB=United Kingdom HKG=Hong Kong IE=Ireland IL= Israel NO=Norway RU=Russia USA=United States

Predictor Categorization:
  • Sub Age = Subjective Age
  • SPA = Self-Perceptions of Aging
  • U = Unidimensional
  • L = Multidimensional, loss-oriented
  • G = Multidimensional, gains-oriented

Health Outcome Categorization:

Pathways
  • Psy = Psychological Pathways (e.g, life satisfaction, positive or negative affect, psychological well-being)
  • Beh = Behavioral Pathways (e.g, physical activity, preventive health services, coping)
  • Phy = Physiological Pathways (e.g, biomarkers)

Ment. Hlth = Mental Health States (e.g, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms)

Phys. Hlth = Physical Sealth States
  • Sub = Subjective indicators of physical health (e.g, self-reported health conditions, self-reported hospitalizations, self-rated health
  • Ob = Objective indicators of physical health (e.g, frailty or diagnosed diseases)

Long = Longevity