Whitbourne S K, Hulicka I M
Am Psychol. 1990 Oct;45(10):1127-36. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.45.10.1127.
A sample of 139 texts written over the past 40 years was analyzed for evidence of ageism (i.e., lack of attention to the psychology of later life and stereotyping of older adults). More recent texts cover the topic more comprehensively than in the past, but this coverage is limited in depth. Although textbook authors appear to be trying to communicate a positive message about aging and older persons, their efforts are compromised by ambivalence in the form of contradictory statements about the nature of the aging process. There is an unfortunate condensation of sources in recent texts, which draw heavily from a small cluster of authorities. Implications of these findings for the larger textbook enterprise are discussed.
对过去40年撰写的139篇文本样本进行了分析，以寻找年龄歧视的证据（即对晚年心理缺乏关注以及对老年人的刻板印象）。与过去相比，近期的文本对该主题的涵盖更全面，但这种涵盖在深度上有限。尽管教科书作者似乎试图传达有关衰老和老年人的积极信息，但他们的努力因关于衰老过程本质的矛盾陈述形式的矛盾心理而受到损害。近期文本存在资料来源不幸集中的情况，严重依赖一小部分权威人士的观点。讨论了这些发现对更大规模教科书事业的影响。
