Older Adult Health Condition as a Moderator of How Middle-Aged Adults' Ageist Attitudes and Aging Anxiety Relate to Their Compassion for and Emotional Distance from Older Adults.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.1080/0361073X.2022.2091329

Hannah M Bashian, Grace I L Caskie

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Abstract

Objectives: Using Terror Management Theory and Social Identity Theory as frameworks, we examined whether the relationship of aging anxiety to compassion for and emotional distance from older adults was mediated by ageist attitudes and whether an older adult's health condition moderated these relationships.

Method: Using an experimental design, 292 middle-aged adults (40-55 years) were assigned to read a description of an older adult with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), prostate cancer, or who was healthy.

Results: The relationship of aging anxiety to compassion was mediated by ageist attitudes in both the AD and prostate cancer conditions. More ageist attitudes related to less compassion more strongly for unhealthy older adult conditions than for the healthy older adult condition as well as for the AD condition compared to the cancer condition. Ageist attitudes related to more emotional distance from the older adult with AD than the older adult with cancer.

Discussion: Older adults with AD may evoke a stronger relationship of ageist attitudes with emotions toward older adults. These findings extend previous research by examining middle-aged participants, a population often serving as caregivers to their aging relatives.

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老年人健康状况对中年人年龄歧视态度和衰老焦虑对老年人同情和情感距离的调节作用

目的:以恐惧管理理论和社会认同理论为框架，探讨老年焦虑与老年人同情和情感距离的关系是否受年龄歧视态度的调节，以及老年人的健康状况是否调节这些关系。方法:采用实验设计，292名中年人(40-55岁)被分配阅读老年阿尔茨海默病(AD)、前列腺癌或健康的老年人的描述。结果:老年焦虑与同情的关系在老年痴呆和前列腺癌患者中均受年龄歧视态度的介导。更多的年龄歧视态度与更少的同情心相关不健康的老年人情况比健康的老年人情况更强烈老年痴呆症情况比癌症情况更强烈。年龄歧视态度与老年AD患者的情感距离比老年癌症患者的情感距离大。讨论:老年阿尔茨海默氏症患者可能会引起老年人的年龄歧视态度和对老年人的情绪之间更强的关系。这些发现扩展了之前的研究，对中年参与者进行了调查，这一人群经常照顾他们年迈的亲人。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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