同理心减轻了年龄歧视和主观年龄之间的关系在生命晚期
1Department of Social & Health Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Journal of aging studies
|November 28, 2024
概括
情感同情度较低的老年人可能会认为自己更年轻,当他们对衰老持隐含的负面看法时. 更高的情感同理心与年轻的主观年龄有关,无论隐含的年龄歧视.
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
- 老龄化心理学的心理学
背景情况:
- 关于老年人的年轻主观年龄是防御机制还是健康指标,在老年学中存在争议.
- 这项研究调查了情感同理心在缓解隐性年龄歧视和主观年龄之间的关系中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 通过检查情感同情心作为调节者来澄清主观年龄的争议.
- 调查老年人隐性年龄歧视与主观年龄之间的关联.
- 为了确定情感同情是否影响隐性年龄歧视与主观年龄的关系.
主要方法:
- 对203名居住在社区的老年人 (65-90岁) 进行横截面研究.
- 使用简要隐含关联测试 (BIAT) 测量隐含的年龄歧视.
- 通过利克特尺度评估主观年龄和使用多面共测试 (MET) 评估情绪同情.
主要成果:
- 隐性年龄歧视与整体年轻主观年龄没有直接关联.
- 层次线性回归揭示了更高的隐性年龄主义和更年轻的主观年龄之间存在显著的关联,但仅在那些情感同理心较低的人群中 (p = 0.012).
- 更高的情感同理心独立地与年轻的主观年龄有关.
结论:
- 在老年人中,情感同理心在隐含的年龄歧视和主观年龄之间的关系中起着至关重要的作用.
- 对于具有更高情绪同理心的人来说,可能会减少对抗衰老观念的防御性分离的需要.
- 研究结果表明,主观年龄感知是复杂的,受到内部同情程度和外部社会偏见的影响.
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