大学生对老龄化的态度:一项跨代回忆项目结果
Ling Xu1, Noelle L Fields1, Jessica Cassidy1
1School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, 501 W. Mitchell Street, Arlington, TX 76019, USA.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 28, 2023
概括
代际电话改善了大学生对老龄化的态度. 每周与老年人的接触减少了负面的刻板印象,显示了对抗年龄歧视的希望.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 代际研究是代际研究.
背景情况:
- 对衰老的负面态度 (年龄主义) 对年轻人和老年人产生负面影响.
- 需要采取干预措施来改善大学生对衰老的看法.
- 专注于跨代接触的干预措施可以培养积极的态度.
研究的目的:
- 研究一代际回忆干预对大学生对老龄化的态度的影响.
- 为了确定每周与认知障碍的老年人打电话是否会改善大学生的年龄歧视分数.
- 识别特定的年龄主义信仰,这些信仰可能会通过代际接触而改变.
主要方法:
- 一个随机对照试验,涉及64名大学生进行了十周.
- 参与者被分配到干预组 (每周与老年人打电话) 或对照组.
- 对老龄化的态度是使用弗拉博尼年龄主义尺度在干预前,中期和后期测量的.
主要成果:
- 干预组和对照组都显示了整体年龄歧视得分的降低.
- 在特定的负面刻板印象中观察到统计学上显著的改善:"老年人吝,钱"",老年人生活在过去"和"我宁愿不与老年人共度时光".
- 每周与老年人接触,在改善大学生态度方面表现出有希望的效果.
结论:
- 代际接触,特别是通过定期沟通,可以积极影响大学生对老龄化的态度.
- 这些发现表明,结构化的代际项目有效地减少了年龄歧视的刻板印象.
- 建议对代际接触进行进一步的研究,以打击年龄歧视并促进积极的衰老观念.
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