Suberry Assaf, Bodner Ehud
Department of Social & Health Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
Music Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Aug 25;14(9):742. doi: 10.3390/bs14090742.
Views of aging include peoples' assessment of their own aging process and their subjective age. Positive views of aging relate to a improved psychological well-being which predicts better physical and mental health. While these relationships were substantially studied, the moderating roles of self-aging attitudes and psychological well-being in the subjective age-age discrimination connection have been much less explored. The current study used a convenience sample of 568 participants (mean = 66.21y, SD = 11.95, age range 50-95), 55.8% women, 67.1% employed. In line with the hypotheses, young subjective age and psychological well-being were connected to less age discrimination in the workplace, and higher psychological well-being mitigated the subjective age-age discrimination at work connection. When the perception of old age as a period of loss was added to the model, adults who perceived old age as a period of loss and reported lower levels of psychological well-being demonstrated the strongest relationship between an increase in subjective age and an increase in age-related discrimination at work. The findings emphasize the importance of the psychological well-being of older employees as a resource for improving their attitudes towards their last years at work.
衰老观包括人们对自身衰老过程的评估以及他们的主观年龄。积极的衰老观与改善的心理健康状况相关，而心理健康状况又预示着更好的身心健康。虽然对这些关系进行了大量研究，但自我衰老态度和心理健康在主观年龄与年龄歧视关联中的调节作用却很少被探讨。本研究采用了一个便利样本，包括568名参与者（平均年龄 = 66.21岁，标准差 = 11.95，年龄范围50 - 95岁），其中女性占55.8%，就业者占67.1%。与假设一致，年轻的主观年龄和心理健康与工作场所中较少的年龄歧视相关，并且较高的心理健康减轻了工作中主观年龄与年龄歧视之间的关联。当将老年视为丧失期的认知加入模型时，那些将老年视为丧失期且心理健康水平较低的成年人，在主观年龄增加与工作中与年龄相关的歧视增加之间表现出最强的关系。研究结果强调了老年员工心理健康作为一种资源对于改善他们对工作晚年态度的重要性。
