Centre for the Study of Group Processes, School of Psychology, University of Kent.
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL.
Dev Psychol. 2018 Jan;54(1):167-180. doi: 10.1037/dev0000398. Epub 2017 Oct 23.
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. (PsycINFO Database Record
年龄歧视被认为是老年人福祉的一个重大障碍，但针对年轻人的年龄歧视却受到较少关注。我们使用来自欧洲社会调查（ESS）的数据，调查了从成年早期到晚期的感知年龄歧视程度，该调查在 29 个国家进行（N=56272）。我们检验了各国之间的近似测量不变性。我们使用局部结构方程建模和适度非线性因子分析来检验年龄作为连续变量的测量不变性。使用考虑到中等程度不变性的模型，我们发现年轻人报告经历了最高水平的年龄歧视。我们还发现，国家背景极大地影响了老年受访者所经历的年龄歧视程度。这一证据表明，需要更多的研究来解决青年和整个生命周期中的年龄歧视问题，而不仅仅是老年阶段。它还强调需要考虑在不同生命阶段和年龄经历的年龄歧视形式中起不同作用的因素。
