Considerable research has documented relationships between subjective age and consequential outcomes such as life satisfaction, daily stress, health, and even mortality. Less is known about associations between the age people perceive themselves to be and everyday behaviors that may serve as the paths to broader life outcomes. To begin to fill this gap, this study explored the frequency with which 196 US adults aged 55–87 years engaged in behaviors reflecting nine behavioral domains. Respondents also answered questions about their subjective age, age awareness, and actual age. Results showed that whereas actual age predicted engagement in some behaviors (e.g., retirement activities), subjective age predicted engagement in most others (e.g., personal, social, grooming, body-focused, trend activities), and age awareness predicted participation in yet others (e.g., medical activities). The present findings provide insights both about age-related everyday behaviors, and the ways that several perceptions of age are differentially linked to their occurrence.

大量研究记录了主观年龄与相应结果之间的关系，例如生活满意度，日常压力，健康状况甚至死亡率。人们对自己所处的年龄与可能成为更广泛的生活成果之路的日常行为之间的关联知之甚少。为了填补这一空白，本研究探索了196位55-87岁的美国成年人进行反映9个行为领域的行为的频率。受访者还回答了有关其主观年龄，年龄意识和实际年龄的问题。结果显示，实际年龄预测参与某些行为（例如退休活动），而主观年龄预测参与大多数其他行为（例如个人，社交，修饰，以身体为中心的趋势活动），和年龄意识预测会参与其他活动（例如医疗活动）。本研究结果提供有关年龄相关的日常行为以及年龄的几种看法与其发生差异相关的见解。