Sheung Tak Cheng|Helene H. Fung|Alfred Chan
Maintaining Self-Rated Health Through Social Comparison in Old Age
City University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong
selfrelated health srh threat people may use selfenhancement social comparison buffer threat srh greater threat among older among younger adults benefit social comparison srh may greater test study 1 examined ratings physical attributes self someone age among 592 hong kong chinese across young middle old age findings suggested perceiving ones physical self better others produced larger gain selfrated health older younger people study 2 showed longitudinally among older adults increase physical symptoms time associated worsening srh positively associated physical selfenhancement improved physical self turn partially recovered damage srh