Radoš, SonjaSonjaRadošPavlova, MariaMariaPavlovaRothermund, KlausKlausRothermundSilbereisen, Rainer K.Rainer K.Silbereisen2025-10-082025-10-082025-03-19https://hdl.handle.net/21.11106/62810.23660/voado-548Diese Studie wurde gefördert mit Mitteln der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) an Pavlova (PA 2704/5-1) & Rothermund (RO 1272/15-1). Project number: 438229063.The household represents a proximal social context whose members can convey various expectations to each other, including expectations for active aging. We used a nationally representative sample (N = 2007, aged 16–94 years) to investigate the household predictors of perceived expectations for active aging (PEAA, i.e., “activation demands” targeting individuals as older adults) in three domains: physical health, mental health, and social engagement. We considered household members’ dispositional optimism, onscientiousness, age stereotypes, and the life goal of civic engagement. A set of preregistered multiple regression analyses indicated that, irrespective of age, household members’ life goal of civic engagement had a positive effect on individual PEAA in the social engagement domain, which disappeared upon controlling for the respective individual life goal. In middle-aged and older adults, household members’ conscientiousness unexpectedly had a significantly negative effect on individual PEAA in the physical health domain. Neither household members’ dispositional optimism nor their domain-specific age stereotypes had significant associations with individual PEAA. Our findings suggest that household members’ mindsets and attitudes play a limited role in predicting PEAA of individuals from the same household.enCC BY 4.0Active agingConscientiousnessDispositional optimismDyadic and interpersonal effectsLife goalsPrescriptive age stereotypesSozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, SoziologieArticle