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Combating Ageism with Narrative and Intergroup Contact: Possibilities of Intergenerational Connections
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The authors introduced two remedies that can reduce stereotypes toward older adults: the first remedy is intergenerational connections with the intergroup contact hypothesis as its theoretical underpinnings, and the second remedy is use of narrative in age-heterogeneous groups.Abstract:
Fear of death and institutional separation of persons of different age groups are major contributors to ageism. Drawing on research in social psychology, this article introduces two remedies that can reduce stereotypes toward older adults: The first remedy is intergenerational connections with the intergroup contact hypothesis as its theoretical underpinnings. The second remedy is use of narrative in age-heterogeneous groups. Since religious communities are among the few places in society where persons of all stages of life meet, they can, when intentionally structured, be settings with promise for intergenerational connections and play a role in counteracting ageism.read more
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An Inconvenienced Youth? Ageism and its Potential Intergenerational Roots
Michael S. North,Susan T. Fiske +1 more
TL;DR: A crucial gap in the literature, potential intergenerational tensions, is identified, speculating how a growing-older population-and society's efforts to accommodate it-might stoke interGenerational fires, particularly among the younger generation.
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An Intergenerational Choir Formed to Lessen Alzheimer’s Disease Stigma in College Students and Decrease the Social Isolation of People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Family Members A Pilot Study
TL;DR: A decrease in social isolation for the older choir members, and for the college students: a decrease in negative attitudes, an increase in positive attitudes and themes of - recognizing capabilities, expanded understanding of AD, reduced stigma, and reduced social discomfort.
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Ageism: we are our own worst enemy.
TL;DR: In 1969, Butler (1969) first coined the term “ageism” to confront “prejudice by one age group toward other age groups” (pp. 243-246).
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Making a university community more dementia friendly through participation in an intergenerational choir
TL;DR: This study presents data from four cohorts of undergraduate college students and people with dementia and their family members, using an intergenerational choir as the process through which to begin to create a dementia friendly community.
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Factors associated with ageist attitudes among college students
Matthew Lee Smith,Caroline D. Bergeron,Clay Cowart,SangNam Ahn,Samuel D. Towne,Marcia G. Ory,Mindy Menn,JD Chaney +7 more
TL;DR: The present study examined the factors associated with ageist attitudes among college students and found high levels of ageism among young adults might originate from their limited interactions with older adults.
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The social identity theory of intergroup behavior
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TL;DR: A theory of intergroup conflict and some preliminary data relating to the theory is presented in this article. But the analysis is limited to the case where the salient dimensions of the intergroup differentiation are those involving scarce resources.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the dynamics of prejudgment, including: Frustration, Aggression and Hatred, Anxiety, Sex, and Guilt, Demagogy, and Tolerant Personality.
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Intergroup contact theory
TL;DR: The chapter proposes four processes: learning about the outgroup, changed behavior, affective ties, and ingroup reappraisal, and distinguishes between essential and facilitating factors, and emphasizes different outcomes for different stages of contact.
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The Nature of Prejudice
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the dynamics of prejudgment, including: Frustration, Aggression and Hatred, Anxiety, Sex, and Guilt, Demagogy, and Tolerant Personality.