Psychological Well-Being and Self-Aging Attitudes Moderate the Association between Subjective Age and Age Discrimination in the Workplace
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Instruments
2.3.1. Workplace Age Discrimination Scale
2.3.2. Psychological Well-Being
2.3.3. Subjective Age
2.3.4. Aging as Loss
2.3.5. Controlled Variables
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
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1. Workplace age discrimination | 1.44 | 0.74 | - | ||||||||
2. Psychological well-being | 3.94 | 0.62 | −0.45 *** | - | |||||||
3. Subjective age | 2.28 | 0.80 | 0.23 *** | −0.32 *** | - | ||||||
4. Aging as loss | 3.62 | 0.81 | −0.33 *** | 0.44 *** | −0.27 *** | ||||||
5. Age | 66.21 | 11.95 | 0.10 * | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |||||
6. Gender (55.8% women) a | - | - | −0.07 | −0.06 | 0.08 | −0.02 * | 0.02 | ||||
7. Education | 5.29 | 1.59 | −0.26 *** | 0.14 *** | −0.14 *** | 0.16 *** | −0.04 | −0.08 | |||
8. Marital status (76.1% married) b | - | - | −0.11 ** | 0.10 * | 0.02 | 0.12 ** | −0.08 | −0.16 *** | 0.11 ** | ||
9. Employment (67.1% employed) c | - | - | 0.17 *** | −0.17 *** | 0.11 ** | −0.05 | 0.31*** | 0.08 | −0.17 *** | −0.12 ** | |
10. Self-reported health | 3.95 | 0.85 | −0.35 *** | 0.35 *** | −0.24 *** | 0.25 *** | −0.14 *** | 0.00 | 0.33 *** | 0.16 *** | −0.30 *** |
B | β | p | |
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Step 1: Covariates (∆R2 = 0.159) | |||
Age | 0.002 | 0.029 | 0.497 |
Gender a | −0.135 | −0.091 | 0.026 |
Education | −0.079 | −0.169 | 0.000 |
Marital status b | −0.097 | −0.056 | 0.170 |
Employment c | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.307 |
Self-reported health | −0.223 | −0.258 | 0.000 |
Step 2: Main effects (∆R2 = 0.139) | |||
Psychological Well-being | −0.371 | −0.307 | 0.000 |
Subjective age | 0.065 | 0.070 | 0.075 |
Aging as loss | −0.113 | −0.124 | 0.003 |
Step 3: Two-way interactions (∆R2 = 0.009) | |||
Psychological Well-being X Subjective age | −0.067 | −0.107 | 0.018 |
Psychological Well-being X Aging as loss | 0.009 | 0.013 | 0.750 |
Subjective age X Aging as loss | 0.034 | 0.048 | 0.263 |
Step 4: Three-way interaction (∆R2 = 0.021) | |||
Psychological Well-being X Subjective age X Aging as loss | −0.095 | −0.190 | 0.000 |
R2= 0.312 |
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Suberry, A.; Bodner, E. Psychological Well-Being and Self-Aging Attitudes Moderate the Association between Subjective Age and Age Discrimination in the Workplace. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 742. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090742
Suberry A, Bodner E. Psychological Well-Being and Self-Aging Attitudes Moderate the Association between Subjective Age and Age Discrimination in the Workplace. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(9):742. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090742
Chicago/Turabian StyleSuberry, Assaf, and Ehud Bodner. 2024. "Psychological Well-Being and Self-Aging Attitudes Moderate the Association between Subjective Age and Age Discrimination in the Workplace" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 9: 742. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090742