The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to investigate the possible correlation of depression, anxiety, stress, and ageism among Baby Boomers in the United States. It was not known if and to what extent a relationship existed between depression, anxiety, stress, and ageism among Baby Boomers in the United States who were born…

Recent rulings are reviewed and relevant issues discussed regarding discriminatory use of tests with older job applicants. (Author)

To learn the extent to which employees on the job feel they have personally experienced or observed age discrimination in employment, a questionnaire was administered to aerospace employees in a large Southern California firm. Half of the employees responding reported that they had personally experienced some form of age discrimination. (Author)

Employment practices and attitudes toward the middle aged worker in Western Europe and the United States reflect age discrimination. Regulatory legislation is clearly needed. (MW)

Age discrimination in employment may be so covert as to be undisclosed, which makes it difficult to measure the overall extent of actual discrimination. Perceived discrimination, a person's belief that there is age discrimination in employment practices, can have results as effectual as actual discrimination. A weighted sample of persons age 40 to…

Economic, psychological, and social effects of age discrimination in employment are examined. This note analyzes constitutional challenges to hiring-age ceiling and mandatory retirement policies, as well as the constitutional criteria against which those ceilings and policies should be measured. Federal statutory prohibitions and their judicial…