Anti-old and anti-youth attitudes among older adults: focusing on middle-aged and old age identity

There is currently a lack of comprehensive scholarly information concerning the attitudes older people hold toward both older adults and the young. Using the social identity theory framework, this study investigated older identity issues including middle-aged identity and old age identity. We conduc...

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Published in:The Journal of social psychology 2023-03, Vol.163 (2), p.248-255
Main Authors: Shimizu, Yuho, Takeuchi, Masumi, Karasawa, Kaori
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Aged
Aging
Aging (Individuals)
Association (Psychology)
Attitude
Attitudes
Bayes Theorem
Bayesian analysis
Bayesian structural equation modeling
Gender identity
Humans
identity
Middle age
Middle Aged
Older Adults
Older people
Online Surveys
Psychological research
Psychological Studies
Social identity
Structural equation modeling
Structural Equation Models
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young adults
Youth
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Summary:There is currently a lack of comprehensive scholarly information concerning the attitudes older people hold toward both older adults and the young. Using the social identity theory framework, this study investigated older identity issues including middle-aged identity and old age identity. We conducted an online survey of Japanese older participants (N = 301) and then implemented a Bayesian structural equation modeling to examine whether age and gender predicted middle-aged/old age identity in addition to whether middle-aged/old age identity predicted anti-old/anti-youth attitudes. Results showed the more strongly participants identified with being middle-aged the more positive their attitudes were toward old/young people, while they showed no significant relationship between old age identity and the attitudes. Regarding participant ages, the results found no significant relationship with middle-aged identity but a positive relationship with old age identity. These findings will contribute to psychological research aimed at reducing anti-old/anti-youth attitudes among older adults. 1 1 A part of this study was presented at the 85th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224545.2022.2061893