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Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages
Ageism is recognized as a significant obstacle to older people’s well-being, but age discrimination against younger people has attracted less attention. We investigate levels of perceived age discrimination across early to late adulthood, using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), collected i...
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American Psychological Association
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29058935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000398 |
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author | Bratt, Christopher Abrams, Dominic Swift, Hannah J. Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Marques, Sibila |
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description | Ageism is recognized as a significant obstacle to older people’s well-being, but age discrimination against younger people has attracted less attention. We investigate levels of perceived age discrimination across early to late adulthood, using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), collected in 29 countries (N = 56,272). We test for approximate measurement invariance across countries. We use local structural equation modeling as well as moderated nonlinear factor analysis to test for measurement invariance across age as a continuous variable. Using models that account for the moderate degree of noninvariance, we find that younger people report experiencing the highest levels of age discrimination. We also find that national context substantially affects levels of ageism experienced among older respondents. The evidence highlights that more research is needed to address ageism in youth and across the life span, not just old adulthood. It also highlights the need to consider factors that differently contribute to forms of ageism experienced by people at different life stages and ages. |
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spelling | pubmed-58198192018-02-23 Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages Bratt, Christopher Abrams, Dominic Swift, Hannah J. Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Marques, Sibila Dev Psychol Adulthood and Aging Ageism is recognized as a significant obstacle to older people’s well-being, but age discrimination against younger people has attracted less attention. We investigate levels of perceived age discrimination across early to late adulthood, using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), collected in 29 countries (N = 56,272). We test for approximate measurement invariance across countries. We use local structural equation modeling as well as moderated nonlinear factor analysis to test for measurement invariance across age as a continuous variable. Using models that account for the moderate degree of noninvariance, we find that younger people report experiencing the highest levels of age discrimination. We also find that national context substantially affects levels of ageism experienced among older respondents. The evidence highlights that more research is needed to address ageism in youth and across the life span, not just old adulthood. It also highlights the need to consider factors that differently contribute to forms of ageism experienced by people at different life stages and ages. American Psychological Association 2017-10-23 2018-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5819819/ /pubmed/29058935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000398 Text en © 2017 American Psychological Association |
spellingShingle | Adulthood and Aging Bratt, Christopher Abrams, Dominic Swift, Hannah J. Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Marques, Sibila Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages |
title | Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages |
title_full | Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages |
title_fullStr | Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages |
title_short | Perceived Age Discrimination Across Age in Europe: From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages |
title_sort | perceived age discrimination across age in europe: from an ageing society to a society for all ages |
topic | Adulthood and Aging |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29058935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000398 |
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