Trajectories of Perceived Workplace Age Discrimination and Long-Term Associations With Mental, Self-Rated, and Occupational Health.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study addresses older employees' trajectories of perceived workplace age discrimination, and the long-term associations among perceived age discrimination and older workers' mental and self-rated health, job satisfaction, and likelihood of working past retirement age. We evaluate the strength and vulnerability integration (SAVI) model.

Method

Three waves of data from employed participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 3,957). Latent growth modeling was used to assess relationships between the slopes and the intercepts of the variables, thereby assessing longitudinal and cross-sectional associations.

Results

Perceived workplace age discrimination tends to increase with age, although notable variance exists. The initial status of pe

SUBMITTER: Marchiondo LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6460336 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature