Old for young: Cross-national examination of intergenerational political solidarity

IF 4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI:10.1177/13684302231201785

Theresa de Paula Sieverding, Martin Merten, Karen Kastner

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Abstract

Socioecological crises, such as the climate crisis, place a heavy burden on young and future generations. However, these generations have less influence on political and economic decisions. Older generations will be less affected by most socioecological crises but have a greater impact in terms of contribution and resolution. Therefore, young and future generations depend on older generations to act in solidarity. In a preregistered online survey study, we examined the political solidarity of older adults with young people in three countries (US, N = 399; Germany, N = 401; and Brazil, N = 403). Results show that affinity with young people and legacy motivation directly explained intergenerational political solidarity in all three countries. In the US and Brazil, quantity and quality of intergenerational contact with young people indirectly explained political solidarity through affinity. These findings suggest that increasing the closeness between generations may be a promising lever for intergenerational solidarity.

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以老换新:对代际政治团结的跨国考察

气候危机等社会生态危机给年轻人和子孙后代带来了沉重的负担。然而，这几代人对政治和经济决策的影响较小。老一代受大多数社会生态危机的影响较小，但在贡献和解决方面有更大的影响。因此，年轻一代和未来几代人依靠老一代的团结行动。在一项预先登记的在线调查研究中，我们研究了三个国家老年人与年轻人的政治团结(美国，N = 399;德国，N = 401;巴西，N = 403)。结果表明，与年轻人的亲和力和遗产动机直接解释了这三个国家的代际政治团结。在美国和巴西，与年轻人的代际接触的数量和质量间接解释了通过亲和力的政治团结。这些发现表明，增加代际之间的亲密程度可能是代际团结的一个有希望的杠杆。

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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.50%

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期刊介绍： Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is a scientific social psychology journal dedicated to research on social psychological processes within and between groups. It provides a forum for and is aimed at researchers and students in social psychology and related disciples (e.g., organizational and management sciences, political science, sociology, language and communication, cross cultural psychology, international relations) that have a scientific interest in the social psychology of human groups. The journal has an extensive editorial team that includes many if not most of the leading scholars in social psychology of group processes and intergroup relations from around the world.