An age apart: The effects of intergenerational contact and stereotype threat on performance and intergroup bias
An age apart: The effects of intergenerational contact and stereotype threat on performance and intergroup bias
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DOI：
10.1037/0882-7974.21.4.691
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Bryant, Jacqueline
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作者：
Abrams, Dominic;Eller, Anja;Bryant, Jacqueline
一项实验研究考察了代际接触和刻板印象威胁对老年人认知表现、焦虑、群体间偏见和认同的影响。参与者在高或低刻板印象威胁下完成了一系列认知任务（通过与年轻人进行比较）。根据刻板印象威胁理论，威胁会导致绩效更差。然而，如果之前的代际接触更加积极，这种情况就不会发生。接触的这种调节作用是由与测试相关的焦虑介导的。根据群体间接触理论，更积极的接触与偏见的减少和群体内认同的减少有关。然而，这种情况发生在高威胁条件下，而不是低威胁条件下。研究结果表明，积极的代际接触可以减少老年人遭受刻板印象威胁的脆弱性。
An experimental study examined the effect of intergenerational contact and Stereotype threat on older people's cognitive performance, anxiety, intergroup bias, and identification. Participants completed a series of cognitive tasks under high or low stereotype threat (through comparison with younger people). In line with stereotype threat theory, threat resulted in worse performance. However, this did not occur if prior intergenerational contact had been more positive. This moderating effect of contact was mediated by test-related anxiety. In line with intergroup contact theory, more positive contact was associated with reduced prejudice and reduced ingroup identification. However this occurred in the high threat, but not low threat, condition. The findings suggest that positive intergenerational contact can reduce vulnerability to stereotype threat among older people.