University of Liège.
Child Dev. 2019 Jul;90(4):1155-1169. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12992. Epub 2017 Dec 19.
Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination against the elderly (ageism) may manifest themselves in children at an early age. However, the factors influencing this phenomenon are not well known. Using both explicit and open-ended questions, this study analyzed the influence of personal and familial parameters on the views of 1,151 seven- to sixteen-year-old Belgian children and adolescents on the elderly. Four factors were found to affect these views: gender (girls had slightly more positive views than boys), age (ageism was lowest in 10- to 12-year-old, reminiscent of other forms of stereotypes and cognitive developmental theories), grandparents' health, and most importantly, quality of contact with grandparents (very good and good contacts correlated with more favorable feelings toward the elderly, especially in children with frequent contacts).
对老年人的刻板印象、偏见和歧视（年龄歧视）可能在儿童早期就表现出来。然而，影响这种现象的因素尚不清楚。本研究使用明确和开放式问题，分析了 1151 名 7 至 16 岁比利时儿童和青少年个人和家庭参数对老年人看法的影响。研究发现有四个因素影响这些看法：性别（女孩的看法比男孩稍积极）、年龄（10 至 12 岁时的年龄歧视最低，这让人联想到其他形式的刻板印象和认知发展理论）、祖父母的健康状况，以及最重要的是与祖父母的接触质量（非常好和良好的接触与对老年人更有利的感觉相关，特别是在经常接触的儿童中）。
