This study examined the relationship between perceived age discrimination and subjective well-being in middle and later life in a Canadian context. Data were drawn from the 2013 Canadian General Social Survey Public Use Microdata File (N = 15,759 aged 45 and older). Ordered logit regression analyses addressed the main and interactive effects of age and perceived age discrimination on self-reported mental health and life satisfaction. Our analyses revealed a negative association between perceived age discrimination and both outcome measures. In addition, middle-aged adults were found to be more vulnerable than older adults to the negative mental health and well-being implications of perceived age discrimination. However, in gender-stratified models, this finding was observed among both men and women for mental health but only among women for life satisfaction. From these findings, we conclude that perceived age discrimination appears to be a risk factor when it comes to mental health and life satisfaction in middle and later life and appears to be particularly problematic for the subjective well-being of middle-aged adults.

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感知年龄歧视：对中年和晚年心理健康和生活满意度的影响——研究报告

本研究考察了加拿大背景下中年和晚年感知到的年龄歧视与主观幸福感之间的关系。数据来自 2013 年加拿大综合社会调查公共使用微数据文件（N = 15,759 45 岁及以上）。有序 logit 回归分析解决了年龄和感知年龄歧视对自我报告的心理健康和生活满意度的主要和交互影响。我们的分析显示，感知到的年龄歧视与两种结果指标之间存在负相关。此外，发现中年人比老年人更容易受到年龄歧视的负面心理健康和福祉影响。然而，在性别分层模型中，这一发现在男性和女性的心理健康中都观察到，但仅在女性中观察到的生活满意度。从这些调查结果中，我们得出结论，当涉及到中年和晚年的心理健康和生活满意度时，感知到的年龄歧视似乎是一个风险因素，并且似乎对中年人的主观幸福感尤其成问题。