Cross-cultural ageism: ageism and attitudes toward aging among Jews and Arabs in Israel
Cross-cultural ageism: ageism and attitudes toward aging among Jews and Arabs in Israel
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DOI：
10.1017/s1041610212001548
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
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7
通讯作者：
Cohen-Fridel, Sara
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作者：
Bergman, Yoav S.;Bodner, Ehud;Cohen-Fridel, Sara
背景：虽然人们普遍认为传统社会对老年人更有利，但研究结果并不一致。因此，本研究提出了一个犹太人和阿拉伯人在以色列对老年人的态度和个人的看法，对自己的老化之间的文化比较。假设阿拉伯人会认为他们的文化对老年人更宽容，会报告花更多的时间与他们在一起，并表达较低的年龄歧视和老龄化焦虑。方法：我们调查了154名以色列本地公民，86名犹太人和68名穆斯林阿拉伯人，他们完成了年龄歧视，老龄化焦虑和老年人文化观点的测量。阿拉伯人认为他们的文化对老年人更宽容，认为老年人对社会的贡献更大，并报告说对他们的回避行为更少。阿拉伯人也表现出不太普遍的对变老的恐惧和对老年身体外表的担忧。但有趣的是，阿拉伯妇女报告的老龄焦虑和年龄歧视态度得分高于阿拉伯男子，而犹太人中没有发现这种差异。我们的研究结果指出，老年人对阿拉伯群体的文化重要性超越了影响以色列阿拉伯社会的西化进程，并反映出阿拉伯妇女作为家庭中老年人的主要照顾者的艰巨角色。研究的局限性和影响进行了讨论。
Background: While it is generally agreed that traditional societies are more favorable toward their elders, research findings have been inconsistent. Accordingly, this study presents a cultural comparison between Jews and Arabs in Israel in attitudes toward older adults and personal views regarding one's own aging. It was assumed that Arabs would rate their culture as more tolerant toward older adults, would report spending more time with them, and express lower ageism and aging anxieties.Method: We examined 154 native Israeli citizens, 86 Jewish and 68 Muslim Arabs, who completed measures of ageism, aging anxieties, and cultural views of older adults.Results: Arabs rated their culture as more tolerant toward their elders, perceived older adults as significantly more contributing to society, and reported engaging in less avoiding behaviors toward them. Arabs also exhibited less general fears of growing old and concerns over one's physical appearance in old age. But it was interesting to note that Arab women reported higher scores of aging anxieties and ageist attitudes in comparison to Arab men, whereas no such differences were found among Jews.Conclusions: Our findings point that the cultural importance of elders for the Arab cohort transcends beyond Westernization processes which affect the Arab society in Israel, and reflect the demanding role of Arab women as primary caregivers for the elders in the family. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed.