Anti-Youth Ageism: What It Is and Why It Matters

IF 5.3 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Child Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-01-20 DOI:10.1111/cdep.12540

Laura Wray-Lake, Julia Rottenberg, Heather Kennedy

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Ageism against older adults has been well studied, yet adolescents also experience ageism in pervasive and harmful ways. In this article, we describe anti-youth ageism as a system of oppression that encompasses negative stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination against adolescents that uphold power hierarchies and marginalize young people based on their age. Drawing from interdisciplinary theory and research, we examine adolescents' experiences of anti-youth ageism at interpersonal, cultural, and institutional levels, and consider the ways anti-youth ageism is internalized. Across many levels, anti-youth ageism is understood in concert with other systems of oppression such as racism and cis-heterosexism. The field needs a new wave of anti-oppressive developmental science to understand the multilayered, intersectional manifestations of anti-youth ageism and the impacts of anti-youth ageism on various domains of development. Research can help foster the creation of intervention strategies to reduce harm to adolescents and their development.

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反青年年龄歧视：它是什么以及为什么它很重要

针对老年人的年龄歧视已经得到了很好的研究，然而青少年也以普遍和有害的方式遭受年龄歧视。在本文中，我们将反青年年龄歧视描述为一种压迫制度，它包含了对青少年的负面刻板印象、偏见和歧视，这种歧视维护了权力等级制度，并基于年龄将年轻人边缘化。从跨学科的理论和研究中，我们从人际关系、文化和制度层面考察了青少年的反青年年龄歧视经历，并考虑了反青年年龄歧视的内化方式。在许多层面上，反青年年龄歧视被理解为与种族主义和顺异性恋主义等其他压迫制度相结合。该领域需要一波新的反压迫性发展科学来理解反青年年龄歧视的多层次、交叉表现以及反青年年龄歧视对各个发展领域的影响。研究可以帮助促进制定干预战略，以减少对青少年及其发展的伤害。

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Child Development Perspectives PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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