Exploring Age-Based Oppression: Adultism, Ageism, and Their Potential Interactions

This manuscript provides a first-person narrative review of the author's research exploring age-based oppression, including the story of how these ideas developed in cultural and historical context. Projects reviewed in this paper began from a wish to better understand potential factors impacti...

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Published in:Taboo (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2024-04, Vol.22 (1), p.71-85
Main Author: King, Katherine D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Learning
Adults
African Americans
Age Differences
Age discrimination
Aging (Individuals)
Attitudes
College students
Cultural factors
Culture
Doctoral Programs
Educational activities
Ethnic Groups
Gifted
Graduate students
Intergenerational relationships
Labor Force
Labor shortages
Learning activities
Mass Media
Older Adults
Older people
Oppression
Population
Psychology
Racism
Resistance (Psychology)
Sampling
White people
White Students
White supremacy
Whites
Young adults
Youth
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Summary:This manuscript provides a first-person narrative review of the author's research exploring age-based oppression, including the story of how these ideas developed in cultural and historical context. Projects reviewed in this paper began from a wish to better understand potential factors impacting the geropsychology workforce shortage. Over time, research has expanded to encompass other questions related to ageism, adultism, discomfort with death, and media representations of emerging adults and older adults at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A measure of adultist concerns is also described along with findings from several studies using this scale. Qualitative comments from graduate students in psychology and counseling are reviewed through the lens of adultism, suggesting multiple connections between students' lack of interest in working with older adults, adultist concerns, and attitudes about intergenerational relationships. Lastly, discussion questions and learning activities are suggested to help educators engage the topic of age-based oppression in a variety of settings.
ISSN:1080-5400
2164-7399