Department of Psychology, Princeton University.
Psychol Aging. 2019 Aug;34(5):709-713. doi: 10.1037/pag0000338. Epub 2019 Mar 14.
Does cognitive dissonance change as people age? Although cognitive dissonance has been one of the most widely studied theories in psychology, scant research has investigated the experience of dissonance over the life span and, to our knowledge, no prior research has investigated its effects in healthy older adults. The current study is the 1st empirical test of cognitive dissonance in an elderly population. We found that, consistent with dissonance theory, older adults showed effects of cognitive dissonance as measured by attitude differences in the direction of attitude-discrepant behavior in a classic induced compliance paradigm. Implications for the development of prohealth, dissonance-based interventions are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
随着人们年龄的增长，认知失调会改变吗？尽管认知失调是心理学中研究最广泛的理论之一，但很少有研究调查整个生命周期中的失调体验，据我们所知，也没有先前的研究调查其对健康老年人的影响。本研究是对老年人群体进行认知失调的首次实证检验。我们发现，与失调理论一致，老年人在经典的诱导顺从范式中表现出了与态度不一致的行为方向上的态度差异，这表明他们经历了认知失调。讨论了基于健康、基于失调的干预措施的发展的影响。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
