Department of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA 19383, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 21;19(13):7554. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19137554.
This study examined whether age-related discrimination, negative age-related stereotypes about declining abilities due to age, job engagement (cognitive, physical, and emotional), and workplace intergenerational climate in terms of positive intergenerational affect (PIA) and workplace intergenerational inclusiveness (WIG) correlated with life satisfaction in a university setting. The analysis was based on 115-117 faculty and staff, 50 years or older. A Principal Axis factor analysis with Promax rotation on the job-related variable revealed three factors: Experiencing Ageism (discrimination and negative stereotypes), Work Climate (PIA and WIG), and Job Engagement (physical, emotional, and cognitive). The factor-based regression scores on the three-factor-based scores were correlated with life satisfaction and also subjected to hierarchical regression analyses with age, sex, and education entered on the first step and the three factors on the second step. The results of both the correlational and hierarchical regression analysis indicated that experiencing ageism was significantly predictive of life satisfaction, and that ageism may play a more primary role than job engagement and work climate-related variables in accounting for life satisfaction.
本研究旨在探讨在大学环境中，与年龄相关的歧视、因年龄导致能力下降的负面刻板印象、工作投入（认知、身体和情感）以及代际间积极影响（PIA）和代际间包容性（WIG）的工作场所代际氛围是否与生活满意度相关。该分析基于 115-117 名 50 岁及以上的教职员工。对与工作相关的变量进行主成分因子分析和 Promax 旋转，揭示了三个因素：经历年龄歧视（歧视和负面刻板印象）、工作氛围（PIA 和 WIG）和工作投入（身体、情感和认知）。基于三因素得分的因子回归得分与生活满意度相关，也与年龄、性别和教育的分层回归分析相关，第一步纳入这些变量，第二步纳入三个因素。相关和分层回归分析的结果均表明，经历年龄歧视是生活满意度的显著预测因素，并且年龄歧视在解释生活满意度方面可能比工作投入和与工作氛围相关的变量发挥更主要的作用。
