Prejudice Reduction in University Programs for Older Adults

Autor/inn/en	Castillo, Jose-Luis Alvarez; Camara, Carmen Palmero; Eguizabal, Alfredo Jimenez
Titel	Prejudice Reduction in University Programs for Older Adults
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 37 (2011) 2, S.164-190 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Imagery; Social Cognition; Older Adults; Interaction; Consciousness Raising; Racial Bias; Foreign Countries; Stereotypes; Social Attitudes; Personality Traits; Colleges; Adult Learning; Social Bias; Minority Groups; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Self Esteem; Empathy; Political Attitudes; Spain; NEO Five Factor Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Metaphorik; Soziale Kognition; Älterer Erwachsener; Interaktion; Bewusstseinsbildung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Ausland; Klischee; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ethnische Minderheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Empathie; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Spanien
Abstract	The present paper, drawing from the perspective of social cognition, examines and evaluates an intervention based on social-cognitive perspective-taking on the reduction of stereotyping and prejudice in older adults. Data were collected in a sample of Spanish participants with a mean age of 63.2 years. The intervention, aimed at reducing prejudice and stereotyping, was based on mental imagery and tested different variables that could moderate perspective-taking effectiveness. Main effects were not found in ANOVAs, but the interaction effects reveal that the intervention was effective for some participants, particularly for those with higher scores in agreeableness, differential attribution, and some values. Conclusions are applied to the field of university programs for older adults. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10