Department of Psychology, University of Toronto - St George Campus, Toronto, ON, CA.
Department of Psychology, Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA.
J Appl Gerontol. 2023 Jun;42(6):1191-1199. doi: 10.1177/07334648231161937. Epub 2023 Mar 13.
Most ageism research has focused on prejudice against older people without considering their multiple intersecting identities. We investigated perceptions of ageist acts that targeted older individuals with intersecting racial (Black/White) and gender identities (men/women). Both young (18-29) and older (65+) adult Americans evaluated the acceptability of a variety of instances of hostile and benevolent ageism. Replicating prior work, benevolent ageism was seen as more acceptable compared to hostile ageism, and young adults rated ageist acts as more acceptable than older adults. Small intersectional identity effects were observed such that young adult participants perceived older White men to be the most acceptable targets of hostile ageism. Our research suggests that ageism is viewed differently depending on the age of the perceiver and the type of behavior exhibited. These findings also suggest intersectional memberships should be considered, but further research is needed given the relatively small effect sizes.
大多数年龄歧视研究都集中在针对老年人的偏见上，而没有考虑到他们的多种交叉身份。我们调查了针对具有交叉种族（黑人/白人）和性别认同（男性/女性）的老年人的年龄歧视行为的看法。年轻（18-29 岁）和年长（65 岁以上）的美国成年人评估了各种敌意和善意年龄歧视的可接受性。复制先前的工作，善意的年龄歧视被认为比敌意的年龄歧视更可接受，年轻人认为年龄歧视行为比老年人更可接受。观察到较小的交叉身份效应，即年轻的成年参与者认为老年白人男性是最可接受的敌意年龄歧视的目标。我们的研究表明，年龄歧视的看法取决于感知者的年龄和表现出的行为类型。鉴于效应大小相对较小，这些发现还表明应该考虑交叉成员身份，但还需要进一步的研究。
