Article Role of Sex, Socioeconomic Status, and Emotional Support in Predicting Aging Perception Among Older Adults Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh 1 , Hamid Sharif Nia 2 , Saeed Pahlevan Sharif 3 , Seyedeh Zahra Hosseinigolafshani 4 , Fatemeh Mohammadi 5 , Sonia Oveisi 6 , and Kelly A. Allen 7 Abstract Self-perception is found to be a central predictive factor in experiencing successful aging. The aim of this study was to explore the role of sex, socioeconomic status, and emotional support in elders’ aging perception. A cross-sectional design was used with 300 older aged participants recruited from 23 clinics and health centers in Qazvin, Iran. Data were collected included questions to elicit demographic informa- tion and Barker’s aging perception questionnaire. Exploratory multiple linear regres- sion showed that the level of emotional support (b: 12.10; 95% CI: [20.72, 3.48]), socioeconomic status (b: 2.84; 95% CI: [0.25, 5.43]), and women (b: 4.34; 95% CI: [6.91, 1.77]) were associated with aging perception among The International Journal of Aging and Human Development 0(0) 1–13 ! The Author(s) 2017 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0091415017727211 journals.sagepub.com/home/ahd 1 Geriatric Nursing Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran 2 School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 3 Taylor’s Business School, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia 4 Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Iran 5 Gerontology, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Iran 6 Mother and Child Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Iran 7 Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia Corresponding Author: Seyedeh Zahra Hosseinigolafshani, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. Email: zahragolafshani@yahoo.com