How important is age in your mental health?

"Age is becoming an irrelevant factor in our modern society." The “age” being referred to in the quote is most likely referring to chronological age, the number years a person has lived since their birth-date. According to Botwinick in 1978, life-span experts believe that chronological is not very relevant in understanding a person’s biological, psychological, and social age. The three prong system in determining development, rather than simply stating a number, states an individual’s biological health, psychological capacity, and the expected social roles of a person. Life-span expert Bernice Neugarten concurs with this understanding of an irrelevant chronological scale, but acknowledges that some social markers such as getting married, still occur at relative chronological ranges.