Confucian Values as a Buffer Against Age-Based Stereotype Threat for Chinese Older Adults.
Confucian Values as a Buffer Against Age-Based Stereotype Threat for Chinese Older Adults.
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gby049
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发表时间：
2020-02
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通讯作者：
Shyuan Ching Tan;S. Barber
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作者：
Shyuan Ching Tan;S. Barber
目的 研究表明，在西方文化中，刻板印象威胁会损害老年人的记忆。我们测试了这种情况是否也发生在东亚中国文化的老年人身上。我们还测试了一种强调儒家原则的干预措施是否会保护中国老年人免受刻板印象威胁的有害影响。
方法 居住在美国的华裔老年人在基于年龄的认知衰退刻板印象威胁条件下或无此威胁条件下完成一项记忆测试。在此之前，一些参与者还被提醒儒家的孝道传统，并被告知这些价值观已传递给年轻一代。
结果 刻板印象威胁损害了中国老年人的记忆表现。然而，我们的干预措施有效地消除了这种缺陷。当中国参与者被提醒儒家的孝道原则时，他们没有表现出刻板印象威胁的影响。
讨论 确认年轻人有尊重长辈的义务可以消除中国老年人所面临的刻板印象威胁的社会评价压力。这些发现值得注意，因为东亚的人口老龄化正以前所未有的速度发生。尽管我们的研究结果表明刻板印象威胁会对这些社会中的老年人的认知表现产生不利影响，但我们也确定了一种基于文化的干预措施来减轻这种损害。
Objectives Research has shown that stereotype threat can impair older adults' memory in Western cultures. We tested whether this also occurs for older adults from the East Asian Chinese culture. We also tested whether an intervention that highlighted Confucian principles would protect Chinese older adults from stereotype threat's detrimental effects. Method Culturally-Chinese older adults residing in the United States completed a memory test either under age-based stereotype threat about cognitive decline or not. Prior to this, some participants were also reminded of Confucian traditions of filial piety and were assured these values had been transmitted to the younger generation. Results Stereotype threat impaired Chinese older adults' memory performance. However, our intervention was effective in eliminating this deficit. When the Chinese participants were reminded of the Confucian principle of filial piety they did not exhibit stereotype threat effects. Discussion Confirming that younger adults have an obligation to respect their elders can eliminate the social-evaluative pressure of stereotype threat for Chinese older adults. These findings are noteworthy since population aging is happening at an unprecedented pace in East Asia. Although our results suggest that stereotype threat can adversely affect older adults' cognitive performance in these societies, we also identify a culturally-based intervention to alleviate this impairment.