Institute of Neurosciences of Castile and Leon, University of Salamanca, University of Salamanca , Salamanca, Spain.
Faculty of Psychology, University of Salamanca , Salamanca, Spain.
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2020 Jul-Sep;41(3):352-366. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2019.1651724. Epub 2019 Aug 5.
This study explores young adults' emotional affect and attitudes towards ageing, as well as older adults' emotional affect and self-esteem following participation in the intergenerational videoconferencing programme Smile Connect (SC). The sample consisted of 94 participants (46 older Spanish adults living in a care home in Spain and 48 young Italian adults -secondary students- learning Spanish at school in Italy). Each age group was divided into an intervention and control group. SC consists of twelve 30-minute chat sessions conducted via Skype between the target groups over six weeks. Pre and post evaluations were made to assess the affect level in both groups, self-esteem among older people, and the level of negative stereotypes about ageing among young adults. At the end of the SC, the intervention group of older adults recorded significantly improved scores in self-esteem compared to the control group. Young adults recorded a reduction in their negative stereotypes about old age after taking part in the SC programme compared to those who did not. These findings suggest that involvement in the SC programme helps to improve the emotional affect of older adults living in care homes, as well as change the negative stereotypes about ageing among young adults.
本研究探讨了年轻人对衰老的情感影响和态度，以及老年人参与代际视频会议计划“微笑连接”（SC）后的情感影响和自尊。样本由 94 名参与者组成（46 名住在西班牙养老院的西班牙老年成年人和 48 名学习西班牙语的意大利年轻成年人-中学生-在意大利的学校学习西班牙语）。每个年龄组分为干预组和对照组。SC 由 12 个 30 分钟的 Skype 聊天会话组成，在六周内分发给目标群体。进行了预评估和后评估，以评估两组的情感水平、老年人的自尊以及年轻人对衰老的负面刻板印象程度。在 SC 结束时，与对照组相比，干预组的老年成年人的自尊评分显著提高。与未参加 SC 计划的年轻人相比，年轻人在参与 SC 计划后对老年的负面刻板印象有所减少。这些发现表明，参与 SC 计划有助于改善住在养老院的老年成年人的情感影响，并改变年轻人对衰老的负面刻板印象。
