咖啡馆连接:调查激励老年人寻求或避免代际接触的因素
Tim Kuball1, Kim Meixelsberger1, Georg Jahn1
1Department of Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.
International journal of aging & human development
|December 5, 2024
概括
年长的成年人避免"年轻"的空间,由于被认为的排他性和歧视,但被学习机会的动机. 创造包容年龄的公共空间可以促进代际团结,减少年龄歧视.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 空间年龄隔离限制了代际接触,阻碍了团结,增加了年龄歧视.
- 公共空间往往缺乏年龄包容性,为老年人创造障碍.
- 了解老年人对代际接触的动机对于设计包容性环境至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索影响老年人寻求或避免与年轻人接触的决定的因素,主要是在年轻人的公共空间.
- 识别社区咖啡店中跨代互动的感知障碍和激励因素.
- 为创建促进团结的年龄包容性公共空间的策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 研究1:半结构面试 (N=12) 探索了老年人对"年轻"空间的看法.
- 研究2和3:问卷 (N=107) 和咖啡券跟踪 (N=218) 评估了意图和现实生活联系.
- 混合方法方法结合了定性见解和定量行为数据.
主要成果:
- 年长的成年人认为与年龄相关的排他性,并在年轻人经常去的咖啡店面临元刻板印象/歧视.
- 感知到的学习机会激励了老年人寻求跨代接触.
- 更强烈的学习目标和积极的元刻板印象预测了寻求联系的更强烈意图;频繁的联系和学习目标是现实生活启动的关键.
结论:
- 包括年龄在内的公共空间对于克服空间隔离和促进代际互动至关重要.
- 解决被认为的排他性和负面的元刻板印象可以鼓励老年人参与混合年龄的社会环境.
- 为代际接触设计可以减少年龄歧视,增强跨年龄组的社会团结.
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