与祖父母的接触以及年轻人对老年人的明确和隐含态度
Tiansi Liao1, Cuo Zhuoga1, Xiaochen Chen2,3,4
1Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.
BMC psychology
|September 26, 2023
概括
与祖父母的积极接触改善了年轻人对老年人的明确和隐性态度. 当祖父母被认为是典型的时,观察到更强烈的效应,突出了代际关系在减少年龄歧视中的作用.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 全球人口日益老龄化,需要了解影响年轻人对老年人的态度的因素.
- 与年龄相关的负面态度 (年龄主义) 阻碍了代际团结.
- 需要进行研究,以确定减少对老年人的偏见的机制.
研究的目的:
- 检查年轻人与祖父母的接触和他们对老年人的态度之间的关系.
- 区分明确和隐含的态度衡量.
- 调查跨群体焦虑和包容他人在自我中的调解角色.
主要方法:
- 146名中国大学生完成了关于祖父母接触 (数量,质量),感知典型性,跨群体焦虑,将他人纳入自我和明确态度的问卷.
- 一个单一类隐性关联测试 (SC-IAT) 评估了对老年人的隐性态度.
- 统计分析检查了直接和间接的影响.
主要成果:
- 祖父母接触的数量和质量都积极预测了明确的态度.
- 接触对明确态度的影响是由减少团体间焦虑和增加对他人自我包容的介导的.
- 联系的数量,而不是质量,正面预测隐含的态度,当祖父母被认为是典型的.
结论:
- 促进家庭中的代际联系,特别是祖父母和孙子孙女之间的联系,是减少对老年人的偏见的可行策略.
- 增强对自己祖父母的典型感知,可以将代际接触的好处扩展到不仅仅是直系家庭之外.
- 结果为旨在促进积极的代际关系和打击年龄歧视的干预提供了洞察力.
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