Development and evaluation of a Protection Motivation Theory-based intervention to promote life planning and reduce ageism among younger people

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI:10.1016/j.aggp.2025.100189

Yuho Shimizu

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Previous studies have developed interventions aimed at simultaneously promoting long-term life planning and reducing ageism among younger individuals. Building on this work, the present study developed a novel intervention based on Protection Motivation Theory and evaluated its effectiveness in a sample of younger participants (N = 498). The intervention comprised the following components: a free-writing task addressing potential negative future events (to target threat appraisal), an explanatory text aimed at reducing ageism, a free-writing task designed to enhance hope for the future, and an explanatory text intended to strengthen the perception that life planning is both meaningful and achievable (to target coping appraisal). Following the intervention, participants demonstrated increased emphasis on life planning, stronger behavioral intentions regarding life planning, and greater hope for the future. Additionally, levels of ageism and aging anxiety significantly decreased. Given its effectiveness in enhancing a wide range of psychological and attitudinal outcomes, this intervention shows strong potential for implementation in educational settings targeting younger populations.

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基于保护动机理论的干预措施的发展与评价：促进年轻人的生活规划和减少年龄歧视

先前的研究已经开发出干预措施，旨在同时促进长期生活规划和减少年轻人中的年龄歧视。在这项工作的基础上，本研究开发了一种基于保护动机理论的新型干预措施，并评估了其在年轻参与者样本中的有效性（N = 498）。干预包括以下组成部分：解决潜在负面未来事件的自由写作任务（目标威胁评估），旨在减少年龄歧视的解释性文本，旨在增强对未来的希望的自由写作任务，以及旨在加强人生规划既有意义又可实现的认知的解释性文本（目标应对评估）。在干预之后，参与者表现出对生活规划的重视程度增加，对生活规划的行为意愿更强，对未来的希望更大。此外，年龄歧视和衰老焦虑的水平也显著下降。鉴于其在提高广泛的心理和态度结果方面的有效性，这种干预在针对年轻人群的教育环境中显示出强大的实施潜力。

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