Death anxiety and older adults' vulnerability to fraud: the mediating role of materialism.

IF 1.6 2区 心理学 Q3 GERONTOLOGY
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-05 DOI:10.1080/08946566.2024.2350995
Zhihu Chen, Jing Wen, Chun Gou, Shuo Wang, Jingjin Shao
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Abstract

Death anxiety arousal, provoked by anticipating self-nonexistence, may be used as a fraud tactic by scammers on older adults; however, little is known about how it affects older adults' decision making when confronted with a scam and the mechanisms underlying these effects. This study used a questionnaire survey and experimental design to examine them. In Study 1, 307 older adults in China completed questionnaires. The results showed a positive link between death anxiety and vulnerability to fraud, partially mediated by materialism. In Study 2, 82 older adults in China were randomly assigned to the mortality salience group and control group to examine whether death anxiety arousal can increase older adults' vulnerability to fraud and the mediating role of materialism. The results indicated that death anxiety and materialism increase the risk of consumer products and services fraud; therefore, targeting these risk factors might protect older adults from fraud.

死亡焦虑与老年人易受欺诈性:物质主义的中介作用。
预期自我不存在所引发的死亡焦虑可能会被骗子用作对老年人进行诈骗的伎俩;然而,人们对死亡焦虑如何影响老年人在面对骗局时的决策以及这些影响的内在机制知之甚少。本研究采用问卷调查和实验设计对其进行了研究。在研究 1 中,307 名中国老年人填写了问卷。结果表明,死亡焦虑与易受骗性之间存在正相关,部分由物质主义中介。在研究2中,82名中国老年人被随机分配到死亡突出组和对照组,以考察死亡焦虑唤醒是否会增加老年人对欺诈的脆弱性以及物质主义的中介作用。结果表明,死亡焦虑和物质主义会增加消费品和服务欺诈的风险;因此,针对这些风险因素可能会保护老年人免受欺诈。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect is the peer-reviewed quarterly journal that explores the advances in research, policy and practice, and clinical and ethical issues surrounding the abuse and neglect of older people. This unique forum provides state-of-the-art research and practice that is both international and multidisciplinary in scope. The journal"s broad, comprehensive approach is only one of its strengths—it presents training issues, research findings, case studies, practice and policy issues, book and media reviews, commentary, and historical background on a wide range of topics. Readers get tools and techniques needed for better detecting and responding to actual or potential elder abuse and neglect.
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