Age-Stereotype Paradox: Opportunity for Social Change
Age-Stereotype Paradox: Opportunity for Social Change
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/gnx059
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发表时间：
2017-08-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Levy, Becca R.
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作者：
Levy, Becca R.
在美国，年龄刻板印象悖论已经形成，因为一些因素表明，年龄刻板印象应该随着时间的推移而变得更加积极；然而，最近的证据表明，它们正在变得更加消极。给出了预测积极程度增加的原因，然后是有助于解释为什么会发生相反情况的原因。为了说明年龄刻板印象悖论，选择了有助于塑造老年人地位的四个领域：健康、代际接触、立法和社会氛围。然后提出了两项建议，通过扭转年龄陈规定型观念的消极趋势来消除这一悖论：建立一个反衰老沙皇和发起一场老龄权利运动。
An age-stereotype paradox has developed in the United States due to factors that would suggest age stereotypes should be increasing in positivity over time; whereas, recent evidence shows they are becoming more negative. Reasons for predicting an increase in positivity are presented, followed by reasons that help to explain why the reverse is occurring. To illustrate the age-stereotype paradox, four domains that help to shape the status of older individuals were selected: health, intergenerational contact, legislation, and social climate. Two proposals are then made for eliminating the paradox by reversing the age-stereotypes negativity trend: establishment of an anti-aging czar and the launching of an aging-rights movement.