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Direct and extended intergenerational contact and young people's attitudes towards older adults.
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Article
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*Hypothesis
*Ageism
*Attitude testing
*College students
*Confidence intervals
*Statistical correlation
*Intergenerational relations
*Life expectancy
*Psychology
*Questionnaires
*Research funding
*Self-disclosure
*Statistics
*Mathematical variables
*Theory
*Data analysis
*Descriptive statistics
*Attitudes toward aging
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0144-6665
Abstract
Research suggests that positive intergenerational contact can improve young people's attitudes towards older adults. However, today's age-segregated society may not provide ample opportunities for positive contact between younger and older adults to occur on a regular basis. In three studies, we investigated whether the positive attitudinal outcomes associated with direct contact might also stem from a more indirect form of intergenerational relationship: extended contact. In Study 1 ( N = 70), extended contact was associated with more positive attitudes towards older adults even when controlling for direct intergenerational contact (contact frequency and contact quality). In Study 2 ( N = 110), the positive effects of direct and extended contact on young people's age-related attitudes were mediated by reductions in intergroup anxiety and ageing anxiety. The mediational effects of intergroup anxiety were replicated in Study 3 ( N = 95) and ingroup norms additionally emerged as a mediator of the positive effects of extended contact on young people's attitudes towards older adults. Discussion focuses on the implications for strategies aimed at tackling ageism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]