Department of Psychology, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina.
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2019 Apr 12;74(4):595-599. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gby066.
This study investigated the perceived acceptability of benevolent and hostile ageist behaviors targeting older adults and whether the acceptability varied depending on the age of the perceiver and the relationship between the person engaging in the ageist behavior and the recipient of the ageist behavior.
Young, middle-aged, and older adult participants rated the acceptability of 13 benevolent and 17 hostile ageist behaviors targeting older adults for five different relationship types: younger family members, same-age family members, familiar service workers, unfamiliar service workers, and friends.
Participants, regardless of age, rated benevolent ageism to be more acceptable than hostile ageism. Young adults were more accepting of hostile ageist acts than middle-aged and older adults were. However, overall acceptability of hostile ageist acts was low. Familiarity with the perpetrator also affected perceptions of the acceptability of ageist acts.
Perceptions of the acceptability of ageism targeting older adults differed as a function of participant age, ageism type, and relationship type. Findings are discussed in light of social identity theory and intergroup contact theory.
本研究调查了针对老年人的善意和恶意年龄歧视行为的可接受性感知，以及感知者的年龄和实施年龄歧视行为的人与年龄歧视行为接受者之间的关系是否会影响行为的可接受性。
年轻、中年和老年参与者对针对老年人的 13 种善意和 17 种恶意年龄歧视行为进行了评估，这些行为针对五种不同的关系类型：年轻家庭成员、同龄家庭成员、熟悉的服务人员、不熟悉的服务人员和朋友。
无论年龄大小，参与者都认为善意的年龄歧视比恶意的年龄歧视更可接受。与中年和老年参与者相比，年轻参与者更能接受恶意的年龄歧视行为。然而，总体上，对恶意年龄歧视行为的接受度较低。施害者的熟悉程度也会影响对年龄歧视行为的可接受性的看法。
针对老年人的年龄歧视行为的可接受性感知因参与者年龄、年龄歧视类型和关系类型而异。研究结果根据社会认同理论和群体间接触理论进行了讨论。
