TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kranz, Dirk
A1  - Thomas, Nicole Maria
A1  - Hofer, Jan
T1  - Changes in age stereotypes in adolescent and older participants of an intergenerational encounter program
T2  - Frontiers in Psychology
N2  - This intervention study explored the effects of a newly developed intergenerational encounter program on cross-generational age stereotyping (CGAS). Based on a biographical-narrative approach, participants (secondary school students and nursing home residents) were invited to share ideas about existential questions of life (e.g., about one’s core experiences, future plans, and personal values). Therefore, the dyadic Life Story Interview (LSI) had been translated into a group format (the Life Story Encounter Program, LSEP), consisting of 10 90-min sessions. Analyses verified that LSEP participants of both generations showed more favorable CGAS immediately after, but also 3 months after the program end. Such change in CGAS was absent in a control group (no LSEP participation). The LSEP-driven short- and long-term effects on CGAS could be partially explained by two program benefits, the feeling of comfort with and the experience of learning from the other generation.
KW  - intergenerational programs
KW  - evaluation
KW  - adolescents
KW  - older adults
KW  - age stereotypes
KW  - Jugend
KW  - Alter
KW  - Generationsbeziehung
KW  - Stereotyp
KW  - Programm
KW  - Leben
KW  - Erzählung
KW  - Wandel
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1810
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-18106
VL  - 2021
IS  - Band 12
PB  - Frontiers Media S.A.
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -