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“COUNT YOUR AGE BY FRIENDS, NOT BY YEARS”: AN INTERPERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON SUBJECTIVE VIEWS OF AGING

Abstract Humans are social beings, and as we age, meaningful and close relationships become increasingly important. However, the literature on older adults’ subjective views of aging (VoA) tends to focus on the link between such views and health outcomes, overlooking important interpersonal correlates. This symposium consists of four presentations that focus on various concepts, study designs, and populations, and offers novel insights regarding how VoA operate in the social domain. The first presentation (Bergman et al.) establishes, using a diary study, the mediating role of understanding others’ emotional states (i.e., Theory of Mind) in the connection between VoA and positive social relationships. The second presentation (Mejía & Hooker) examines, through daily assessment, how VoA differentiate the processes by which older adults construct interactions with their closest social partners to progress toward health goals in daily life. The third presentation (Neupert & Can) employs a diary study and demonstrates that daily fluctuations in both subjective age and ageist attitudes are important determinants for older adults’ well-being. The fourth presentation (Shrira), a clinical study, focuses on how orthopedic patients’ rehabilitation is affected by their own and their healthcare professionals’ VoA. Together, the findings highlight the relevance of VoA to interpersonal functioning and health, and offer valuable information for both researchers and clinicians regarding the importance of this direction in future explorations of older adults’ VoA and physical/psychological well-being.

Williams, 2020). For example, the unique circumstances of the pandemic may have made greater sociability a liability (Wijngaards et al., 2020). The current study used a community sample of 136 older adults (M age = 67.77, range 50-91; 69.3% females; 93% White) to explore whether sociability moderated links between disruptions to contact with friends and family and indicators of mental health. Using a series of hierarchical linear regressions, we found that sociability moderated the association between disruptions in family interactions and depressive symptoms. For more sociable individuals, disruptions in family interactions were more strongly positively associated with depressive symptoms. Given the potential for future social disruptions due to COVID-19, our findings point to the importance of considering the role of sociability in developing interventions targeting older adults.

"IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW NORMAL": OLDER ADULTS' FUTURE PERCEPTIONS DURING COVID-19
Bryce Van Vleet, Heather Fuller, Brittany Hofmann, and Andrea Huseth-Zosel, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States This study explores older adults' perceptions of the future related to COVID-19. Participants (N=76) of a larger study aged 70-97 were asked four times throughout the first year of the pandemic when they thought life would return to normal. Their open-ended responses were coded, and themes were identified at each timepoint. A resilient future perspective was identified at each timepoint; themes of a negative or unstable view of the future emerged over time. Additionally, responses were quantified into a 5-point scale for perceived timescale of a return to normal (5 = very long time) and attitude towards the future (5 = very positive). Repeated measures ANOVA revealed that perceived time to normal increased between the beginning and six months into the pandemic, then decreased by 12 months. Attitudes towards the future became more positive over time. These findings indicated that older adults were largely resilient, if uncertain, about the future. Humans are social beings, and as we age, meaningful and close relationships become increasingly important. However, the literature on older adults' subjective views of aging (VoA) tends to focus on the link between such views and health outcomes, overlooking important interpersonal correlates. This symposium consists of four presentations that focus on various concepts, study designs, and populations, and offers novel insights regarding how VoA operate in the social domain. The first presentation (Bergman et al.) establishes, using a diary study, the mediating role of understanding others' emotional states (i.e., Theory of Mind) in the connection between VoA and positive social relationships. The second presentation (Mejía & Hooker) examines, through daily assessment, how VoA differentiate the processes by which older adults construct interactions with their closest social Innovation in Aging, 2022, Vol. 6, No. S1 partners to progress toward health goals in daily life. The third presentation (Neupert & Can) employs a diary study and demonstrates that daily fluctuations in both subjective age and ageist attitudes are important determinants for older adults' well-being. The fourth presentation (Shrira), a clinical study, focuses on how orthopedic patients' rehabilitation is affected by their own and their healthcare professionals' VoA. Together, the findings highlight the relevance of VoA to interpersonal functioning and health, and offer valuable information for both researchers and clinicians regarding the importance of this direction in future explorations of older adults' VoA and physical/psychological well-being.

SUBJECTIVE VIEWS OF AGING AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG OLDER ADULTS: THEORY OF MIND AS A MEDIATOR
Yoav Bergman 1 , Amit Shrira 2 , and Orel Swisa 3 , 1. Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon, HaDarom, Israel, 2. Ramat Gan,HaMerkaz,Israel,HaMerkaz,Israel Research has demonstrated the importance of subjective views of aging (VoA) for older adults' well-being. However, little is known regarding how understanding others' emotional states may affect this association. Accordingly, we examined whether Theory of Mind (ToM), or the ability to comprehend others' emotions, may mediate the effect of VoA on older adults' social functioning. Thirty community-dwelling older adults (mean age= 71.23, SD= 8.57, 50% women) filled out daily questionnaires concerning ageist attitudes, attitudes toward aging, and satisfaction with social relationships for two weeks. Positive VoA (i.e., low ageist attitudes and positive attitudes toward aging) were associated with increased ToM and higher satisfaction with social relationships. Moreover, ToM was a significant mediator for the VoA-social relationships link, as positive VoA on a given day were indicative of higher ToM levels, which were associated with increased positive social relationships. Results are discussed from the perspective of Socioemotional Selectivity Theory.

REHABILITATION OUTCOMES AS A FUNCTION OF PATIENTS' AND HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL'S VIEWS OF AGING Amit Shrira, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, HaMerkaz, Israel
The effect of subjective views of aging (VoA) on health outcomes is well established, yet this effect was rarely examined among older adults undergoing hospitalization or rehabilitation. Moreover, the additive effect of healthcare personnel's ageist attitudes on treatment outcomes is unknown. Accordingly, these effects were examined within older adults hospitalized for osteoporotic fractures -a frequent late-life condition with cardinal functional implications. Study 1 (N=147 patients, mean age=79.3) found that feeling younger at admission predicted better rehabilitation outcomes. The reverse effect of functional independence at admission on subjective age at discharge was non-significant. Study 2 (N=52 patients, mean age=81.8, and N=55 hospital staff members, mean age=32.3) replicated these findings with additional VoA indices, and further demonstrated that rehabilitation outcomes were better when occupational and physical therapists reported low levels of ageist attitudes. Findings suggest that successful rehabilitation may be promoted by reducing negative VoA among patients as well as healthcare personnel.

SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF AGING, SUPPORT FROM CLOSE SOCIAL TIES, AND HEALTH GOAL PROGRESS IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Shannon Mejía 1 , and Karen Hooker 2 , 1. University of Illinois at Champaign,Illinois,United States,2. Oregon State University,Corvallis,Oregon,United States Subjective aging is interpersonal, it embodies processes of thinking about the self in relationship to others. We utilize data from the 100-day microlongitudinal Personal Understanding of Life and Social Experiences Project (N = 99; observations = 7,049; Mage = 63, range = 52-88) to explore how self-perceptions of aging differentiate the processes by which older adults shape interactions with close social ties to support progress toward a meaningful health goal in everyday life. Those with more positive self-perceptions of aging identified more friends among their closest social ties and reported a higher levels of goal progress and support toward that goal during the study period. Further, multilevel random coefficient models showed that goal progress on a given day was more sensitive to received support on that day among those with more positive self-perceptions of aging. The implications for adult development and shared experiences of aging within friendship networks is discussed.

DAILY EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING PREDICTED BY PERSONAL AND OTHER VIEWS OF AGING Shevaun Neupert, and Reyyan Can, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Individual differences in personal views of aging and how older adults perceive others contribute to health. We examined these relationships as they unfold within persons over time. A 14-day daily diary study of 428 participants aged 50-85 (M = 63.51) assessed subjective age (how old one feels), ageism, negative affect, and physical health each day. Increases in daily subjective age corresponded to increases in negative affect, but there was no effect of daily ageism. In contrast, increases in daily subjective age and daily ageism were each uniquely associated with increases in daily physical health problems. Further, these views of aging interacted; daily increases in ageism were especially detrimental to physical health when accompanied by increases in subjective age. These results suggest that daily fluctuations in personal views of aging are important for emotional and physical well-being, whereas personal views as well as perceptions of others work together for physical well-being.

HEALTHY AGING DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND: LESSONS FROM FIVE YEARS OF THE NATIONAL POLL ON HEALTHY AGING AND AARP
Chair: Erica Solway Co-Chair: Teresa Keenan Discussant: Brian Lindberg