A large body of research indicates that self-perceptions of aging (SPA) play an important role for health in later life. Hence, more research on SPA and correlates is needed, especially in old age and poor health, where negative SPA tend to prevail. Recent studies identified personality as an important correlate of SPA in young-old and relatively healthy samples. Thus, we investigated cross-sectional associations of agency and communion with two SPA domains in a sample of old-old adults in poor health (n = 154; M_age = 81.55, SD = 4.56, 58.4% women). In multiple regression analyses, agency and communion were associated with SPA related to ongoing development beyond health. In contrast, only health as a covariate was significantly associated with SPA related to physical losses. Thus, personality may be a resource associated with gain-related SPA, at least for those in poor health and old age.

大量研究表明，衰老的自我认知（SPA）对晚年的健康起着重要作用。因此，需要对 SPA 及其相关因素进行更多研究，特别是在老年人和健康状况不佳的情况下，负 SPA 往往盛行。最近的研究将性格确定为年轻和相对健康样本中 SPA 的重要相关因素。因此，我们在一个健康状况不佳的老年人样本中调查了代理和交流与两个 SPA 领域的横截面关联（n = 154；M_年龄= 81.55，SD= 4.56, 58.4% 的女性）。在多元回归分析中，代理和交流与 SPA 相关，与健康以外的持续发展有关。相比之下，只有健康作为协变量与身体损失相关的 SPA 显着相关。因此，人格可能是与收益相关的 SPA 相关的资源，至少对于健康状况不佳和年老的人来说是这样。