虚拟代际活动对减少年轻人和老年人的年龄歧视的有效性
Janelle Fassi1,2, Elizabeth Hahn Rickenbach1
1Department of Psychology, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire.
概括
虚拟代际活动显示出减少年龄歧视的前景. 在这项可行性研究中,老年人显著减少了对年轻人的年龄歧视态度.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 年龄歧视,或基于年龄对个人的偏见,构成了重大的社会挑战.
- 随着COVID-19的爆发,人们越来越需要创新和可访问的干预措施来对抗年龄歧视.
- 代际项目已被探索为一种促进理解和减少与年龄有关的偏见的方法.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间评估虚拟代际活动的可行性和有效性.
- 确定该活动是否可以减少老年人 (OA) 和年轻人 (YA) 之间的年龄主义态度.
- 探索参与者的经验,并确定与刻板印象减少相关的潜在主题.
主要方法:
- 与老年人 (n=16) 和年轻人 (n=15) 实施了一个虚拟的代际活动.
- 一个子样本 (n=5 OA,n=10 YA) 完成了测试前后测试调查,测量了年龄主义态度.
- 配对样本t测试被用来分析态度的变化.
主要成果:
- 没有观察到年轻人对老年人的年龄主义态度的显著变化.
- 老年人对年轻人的年龄主义态度显著减少 (p=.012).
- 对开放式答案的定性分析表明了诸如挑战刻板印象等主题.
结论:
- 虚拟代际活动初步证明了可行性.
- 这项干预措施有效地减少了老年人对年轻人的年龄主义态度.
- 建议在未来的研究中采用更大的样本大小,以确认疗效和通用性.
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