TY - JOUR
T1 - Reducing Ageism with Brief Videos about Aging Education, Ageism, and Intergenerational Contact
AU - Lytle, Ashley
AU - Macdonald, Jamie
AU - Apriceno, Marybeth
AU - Levy, Sheri R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021.
PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - Background and Objectives: With an increasing older population, ageism continues to be a significant social issue. Interventions to reduce ageism and improve intergenerational contact are needed. Research Design and Methods: Building on the Positive Education about Aging and Contact Experiences (PEACE) model, undergraduates in an online experiment were randomly assigned to watch videos that provided education about aging, ageism, and positive intergenerational contact (experimental condition) or education about wallpaper (control condition). Results: In Part 1, 845 undergraduates in the experimental condition (vs. control condition) reported lower levels of ageism, less negative age stereotypes, more positive age stereotypes, and more aging knowledge in an immediate post-test. In Part 2 (1–6 weeks later), undergraduates in the experimental condition (vs. control condition) reported more positive age stereotypes in a delayed post-test. Discussion and Implications: These findings highlight the promise of providing information about aging and positive intergenerational contact to reduce ageism. Brief online educational videos based on the PEACE model hold promise as an effective tool to reach a wide audience and reduce ageism.
AB - Background and Objectives: With an increasing older population, ageism continues to be a significant social issue. Interventions to reduce ageism and improve intergenerational contact are needed. Research Design and Methods: Building on the Positive Education about Aging and Contact Experiences (PEACE) model, undergraduates in an online experiment were randomly assigned to watch videos that provided education about aging, ageism, and positive intergenerational contact (experimental condition) or education about wallpaper (control condition). Results: In Part 1, 845 undergraduates in the experimental condition (vs. control condition) reported lower levels of ageism, less negative age stereotypes, more positive age stereotypes, and more aging knowledge in an immediate post-test. In Part 2 (1–6 weeks later), undergraduates in the experimental condition (vs. control condition) reported more positive age stereotypes in a delayed post-test. Discussion and Implications: These findings highlight the promise of providing information about aging and positive intergenerational contact to reduce ageism. Brief online educational videos based on the PEACE model hold promise as an effective tool to reach a wide audience and reduce ageism.
KW - Ageism reduction
KW - Attitudes and perception toward aging/aged
KW - Education about aging
KW - Intergenerational relationships
KW - Intervention
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U2 - 10.1093/geront/gnaa167
DO - 10.1093/geront/gnaa167
M3 - Article
C2 - 33103201
AN - SCOPUS:85116694260
SN - 0016-9013
VL - 61
SP - 1164
EP - 1168
JO - Gerontologist
JF - Gerontologist
IS - 7
ER -