@ARTICLE{Bąk_Wacław_Self-Standards_2020, author={Bąk, Wacław and Dutkiewicz, Donat N. and Kutnik, Jan}, volume={vol. 51}, number={No 3}, journal={Polish Psychological Bulletin}, pages={177-188}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={Committee for Psychological Science PAS}, abstract={Four types of self-standards (ideal, ought, undesired, and forbidden selves) were analyzed in the context of self-assessed health of older adults. We focused on the relationships between self-discrepancies (perceived actualization of self-standards) and affect, as well as the content of self-descriptions of standards. Participants (116 Polish older adults) completed: Self Standards’ Measure (SSM), PANAS-X and 7 items from the WHOQOL-BREF. First, we found that self-assessed health moderates the effects of self-discrepancies on affect. The ideal and ought self-discrepancies predicted affect when health was assessed as good. Conversely, the undesired and forbidden self-discrepancies predicted affect when health was assessed as poor. Second, health-related content was more typical for the ideal than for the ought standards. Third, older adults who assessed their health better had fewer health-related standards. The results are discussed with reference to control theory of approach and avoidance.}, type={Article}, title={Self-Standards in Late Adulthood. Perceived Health as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Self-Discrepancy and Affect}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117757/PDF/2020-03-PPB-02-Bak-etal.pdf}, doi={10.24425/ppb.2020.134725}, keywords={older adults, self-standards, self-discrepancy, perceived health, affect}, }