Table 5.
Confirmation of expected group differences
| Age | Relative Appearancea | ||||||
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| 50-64 | 65-80 | Younger | Older | ||||
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| M(SD) | M(SD) | p | M(SD) | M(SD) | p | ||
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| Everyday Ageism Scale | 9.55(4.42) | 11.26(4.54) | <.001 | 10.00(4.40) | 12.43(4.43) | <.001 | |
| (1) | exposure to ageist messages | 2.73(1.52) | 3.05(1.49) | <.001 | 3.00(1.43) | 2.75(1.50) | .066 |
| (3) | ageism in interpersonal interactions | 2.79(2.79) | 4.19(3.02) | <.001 | 3.10(2.86) | 4.84(2.88) | <.001 |
| (2) | internalized ageism | 4.02(1.82) | 4.01(1.74) | .954 | 3.90(1.79) | 4.84(1.85) | <.001 |
| N | 1215 | 797 | 1182 | 131 | |||
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Controlling for chronological age; estimates at sample mean age