“You are stealing our present”: Younger people's ageism towards older people predicts attitude towards age-based COVID-19 restriction measures

IF 4 1区 社会学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Federica Spaccatini, Ilaria Giovannelli, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic emerged to be a fertile ground for age-based prejudice and discrimination. In particular, a growing literature investigated ageism towards older people at the individual and the interpersonal level, providing evidence of its prevalence, antecedents and negative consequences. However, less much is known on the phenomenon at the intergroup level. To fill this gap, the present correlational research investigated the effects of younger people's endorsement of ageism towards older people on the attitude towards COVID-19 restriction measures primarily targeted to older (vs. younger) population. In the autumn of 2020, five hundred and eighty-two Italian participants (83.3% females; Mage = 20.02, SDage = 2.83) completed an online questionnaire. Results revealed that the younger people's endorsement of ageism towards older people increased the attribution of culpability for the severity of COVID-19 restriction measures to older (vs. younger) people, which, in turn positively affected the attitudes towards older (vs. younger) people isolation and support for selective lockdown on older population only. The main contributions of the study, limitations, future research directions, and practice implications are discussed.

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“你在偷走我们的礼物”:年轻人对老年人的年龄歧视预示着人们对基于年龄的COVID-19限制措施的态度。
新冠肺炎大流行已成为基于年龄的偏见和歧视的肥沃土壤。特别是,越来越多的文献从个人和人际层面调查了对老年人的年龄歧视,提供了其普遍性、前因和负面后果的证据。然而,在群体间层面对这一现象知之甚少。为了填补这一空白,目前的相关研究调查了年轻人对老年人的年龄歧视对主要针对老年人(相对于年轻人)的新冠肺炎限制措施的态度的影响。2020年秋季,582名意大利参与者(83.3%为女性;M年龄=20.02,SD年龄=2.83)完成了一份在线问卷。结果显示,年轻人对老年人年龄歧视的认可增加了对新冠肺炎限制措施严重性的责任归属于老年人(与年轻人相比),这反过来又积极影响了对老年人隔离和支持仅对老年人进行选择性封锁的态度。讨论了本研究的主要贡献、局限性、未来的研究方向和实践意义。
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9.70
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7.70%
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期刊介绍: Published for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), the Journal of Social Issues (JSI) brings behavioral and social science theory, empirical evidence, and practice to bear on human and social problems. Each issue of the journal focuses on a single topic - recent issues, for example, have addressed poverty, housing and health; privacy as a social and psychological concern; youth and violence; and the impact of social class on education.
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