Influence of Individual and Contextual Variables on Negative Stereotypes of Ageing in a Spanish Sample

IF 1 Q4 GERONTOLOGY

Ageing International Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI:10.1007/s12126-024-09576-7

A. Rodríguez-Mora, F. J. Del Río Olvera, A. D. García Rojas

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the influence of personal and contextual variables on negative stereotypes towards older age to define a sociodemographic profile, according to age groups. A non-probabilistic purposive sampling was carried out with a sample of 465 participants over 18 years of age. Four age groups were established (early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood and older age). An ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire and the CENVE were administered. Mean contrasts were performed to determine the differences between the variables studied. The results showed that the late adulthood and older age groups showed a greater presence of negative stereotypes than the other groups. Concerning the contextual variables, primary education and daily contact with dependent older adults presented greater overall negative stereotypes. We can conclude that negative stereotypes about older age increase in women caregivers of dependent older adults. Also, the evolution of stereotypes to self-stereotypes in the older adults group is confirmed.

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西班牙样本中个人和环境变量对消极老龄刻板印象的影响

本研究旨在确定个人和环境变量对老年人负面刻板印象的影响，从而根据年龄组确定社会人口概况。对 465 名 18 岁以上的参与者进行了非概率目的性抽样。确定了四个年龄组（成年早期、成年中期、成年晚期和老年期）。进行了专门的社会人口学问卷调查和 CENVE 测验。为确定所研究变量之间的差异，进行了均值对比。结果显示，成年晚期和老年组比其他组别存在更多的负面刻板印象。在环境变量方面，初等教育程度和与受抚养老年人的日常接触在总体上表现出更多的负面刻板印象。我们可以得出这样的结论：对老年的负面刻板印象在照顾受扶养老年人的女性中有所增加。此外，在老年人群体中，刻板印象向自我刻板印象的演变也得到了证实。

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Ageing International GERONTOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

6.70%

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期刊介绍： As a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that has existed for over three decades, Ageing International serves all professionals who deal with complex ageing issues. The journal is dedicated to improving the life of ageing populations worldwide through providing an intellectual forum for communicating common concerns, exchanging analyses and discoveries in scientific research, crystallizing significant issues, and offering recommendations in ageing-related service delivery and policy making. Besides encouraging the submission of high-quality research and review papers, Ageing International seeks to bring together researchers, policy analysts, and service program administrators who are committed to reducing the ''implementation gap'' between good science and effective service, between evidence-based protocol and culturally suitable programs, and between unique innovative solutions and generalizable policies. For significant issues that are common across countries, Ageing International will organize special forums for scholars and investigators from different disciplines to present their regional perspectives as well as to provide more comprehensive analysis. The editors strongly believe that such discourse has the potential to foster a wide range of coordinated efforts that will lead to improvements in the quality of life of older persons worldwide. Abstracted and Indexed in: ABI/INFORM, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, CSA/Proquest, Current Abstracts, EBSCO, Ergonomics Abstracts, Expanded Academic, Gale, Google Scholar, Health Reference Center Academic, OCLC, PsychINFO, PsyARTICLES, SCOPUS, Social Science Abstracts, and Summon by Serial Solutions.