When self-interest and age sterotypes collide: elders opposing increased funds for programs benefiting themselves.
When self-interest and age sterotypes collide: elders opposing increased funds for programs benefiting themselves.
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DOI：
10.1300/j031v17n02_03
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Schlesinger, Mark J
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作者：
Levy, Becca R;Schlesinger, Mark J
媒体往往将老年人描述为自私地推动造福老年人的项目。然而，我们预测，那些选择对年轻人的积极刻板印象而不是对老年人的积极刻板印象的老年人将反对增加这些项目的支出。通过分析 1656 人的回答，我们发现：(1) 老年参与者比年轻参与者更有可能反对增加社会保障、送餐服务和医疗保险的资金； (2)反对增加社会保障和送餐资金的原因是基于对年轻人能力比老年人能力更有利的老龄化刻板印象。我们的研究结果表明，老年人对有利于其年龄段的计划的评估可能更多地受到数十年前内化的刻板印象的影响，而不是当前群体利益的影响。
Elders tend to be portrayed by the media as selfishly promoting programs that benefit the old. We predicted, however, that older individuals who choose positive stereotypes about the young over positive stereotypes about the old would oppose an increase in spending on these programs. By analyzing the responses of 1656 individuals, we found: (1) older participants were more likely than younger participants to oppose increased funding of Social Security, Meals on Wheels, and Medicare; and (2) this opposition to increased funding for Social Security and Meals on Wheels was predicted by a stereotype of aging based on a more favorable perception of the capabilities of the young than of the old. Our findings suggest that elders' evaluation of programs that benefit their age group may be more influenced by stereotypes internalized decades earlier than by their current group interests.