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PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 326-335Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.2.326
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG16352] Funding Source: Medline
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The authors examined the consequences of perceived age discrimination for well-being and group identification. The rejection-identification model suggests that perceived discrimination harms psychological well-being in low status groups but that group identification partially alleviates this effect. The authors hypothesized that this process model would be confirmed among older adults because their low status group membership is permanent but not confirmed among young adults whose low status is temporary. Using structural equation modeling, the authors found support for the hypothesized direct negative link between perceived age discrimination and well-being among older adults, with increased age group identification partially attenuating this effect. For young adults, these relationships were absent. Differences in responses to discrimination appear to be based on opportunities for leaving a low status group.
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