Changes in age stereotypes in adolescent and elderly participants of an intergenerational encounter program
- 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.
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| Author: | Dirk Kranz, Jan Hofer, Nicole Maria Thomas |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-15946 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.658797 |
| Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of completion: | 2021/04/16 |
| Date of publication: | 2021/04/16 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Trier |
| Release Date: | 2021/05/20 |
| Tag: | intergenerational programs, evaluation, adolescents, older adults, age stereotypes, ageism, youthism |
| GND Keyword: | Alter; Diskriminierung; Evaluation; Generationsverhältnis; Jugend; Lebensalter; Stereotyp; Test |
| First page: | 1 |
| Last page: | 13 |
| Institutes: | Fachbereich 1 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| Licence (German): |  CC BY-SA: Creative-Commons-Lizenz 4.0 International |
