ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2018
Perceived Age Discrimination: A Precipitator or a Consequence of Depressive Symptoms?
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- Depressive symptoms among older adults in Turkey: Evidence from a nationally representative ageing survey.PloS one · 2026Article
- Adaptation and psychometric properties of the Spanish Perceived Ageism Questionnaire (PAQ).Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Assessing Ageist Attitudes: Psychometric Properties of the Fraboni Scale of Ageism in a Population-Based Sample.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Perceived ageism, macro-level sociopolitical factors, and subjective well-being: a cross-national study of older adults in 43 societies.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Perceived age discrimination and social isolation mediate the relationship between disasters and loneliness: results from Wave 1 of the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
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- [Factors associated with the perception of discrimination: ageism and quality of life of the geriatric population from a bioethical approach]Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2023Observational
- Explaining the process of formation of ageism among the iranian older adults.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Perceived Age Discrimination in the Second Half of Life: An Examination of Age, Period, and Cohort Effects.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Depressive Symptoms and Ageism among Nursing Home Residents: The Role of Social Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Subjective Experience of Ageism: The Perceived Ageism Questionnaire (PAQ).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Empathy as a Factor Conditioning Attitudes towards the Elderly among Physiotherapists-Results from Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Biological, Psychological, and Social Determinants of Depression: A Review of Recent Literature.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- "Ageism" Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
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Objectives: The main purpose of the study was to examine a bidirectional temporal relationship between perceived age discrimination and depressive symptoms. A secondary goal was to examine whether the negative effects of perceived age discrimination on one's depressive symptoms are stronger among respondents older than 70 years old, compared with respondents between the ages of 51 and 70. Methods: The Health and Retirement Study is a U.S. nationally representative sample of individuals over the age of 50 and their spouse of any age. A cross-lagged model was estimated to examine the reciprocal associations of depressive symptoms and perceived age discrimination, controlling for age, gender, education, ethnicity, marital status, employment status, satisfaction with financial status, number of medical conditions, mobility, strength and fine motor skills, and memory functioning. Results: The baseline model for the overall sample resulted in adequate fit indices: CFI = .945, TLI = .940, RMSEA = .024 (90% CI = .023, .025). The cross-lagged effect of perceived age discrimination on depressive symptoms was nonsignificant (B [SE] = -.01 [.04], p = .82), whereas the cross-lagged effect of depressive symptoms on perceived age discrimination was small, but significant (B [SE] = .04 [.02], p = .03). This implies that higher levels of depressive symptoms precede a greater likelihood of perceived age discrimination, net of sociodemographic and clinical variables. The cross-lagged effects did not vary according to age group (51-70 vs >70 years old). Discussion: The subjective nature of perceived age discrimination is discussed.
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