The Ambivalent Ageism Scale: Developing and Validating a Scale to Measure Benevolent and Hostile Ageism

Cary, Lindsey A.; Chasteen, Alison L.; Remedios, Jessica D.

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“…Although repellent homoprejudice may be in decline, this study illuminates the benevolent subdomains of homoprejudice that appear to be thriving in the United Kingdom. In light of the evidence presented here, academics must be reactive to the changing nature of homoprejudice as they have with regards to sexism (Glick & Fiske, 1996;1999) and ageism (Cary et al, 2016).…”

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“…Attitudinal ambivalence has more recently been applied to the study of ageism. Cary et al (2016) point out that elderly people are commonly stereotyped in ambivalent ways. With reference to the stereotype content model (SCM), which characterises groups along axes of warmth/coldness (i.e., whether or not an out-group has positive intentions towards one's ingroup) and competence/incompetence (i.e., whether or not an out-group has the power, resources, or skills to achieve their goals), elderly individuals are considered to be warm, yet, incompetent (Fiske, Cuddy, Glick, & Xu, 2002).…”

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“…As such, this paper aims to account for this attitudinal shift using an ambivalent prejudice framework -an approach that has already been adopted to explain hostile and benevolent attitudes towards women (Glick & Fiske, 1996) and elderly individuals (Cary, Chasteen, & Remedios, 2016).…”

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Ambivalent Homoprejudice towards Gay Men: Theory Development and Validation

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Myriad social groups are targets of hostile and benevolent (i.e., ambivalent) prejudice. However, prejudice towards gay men is typically conceptualised as hostile, despite the prevalence of benevolence towards gay men in popular media. This paper aims to compare gay men with other targets of ambivalent prejudice (i.e., women and elderly people), and draw upon the stereotype content and microaggressions literatures in order to develop a theory of ambivalent homoprejudice. The resultant framework, comprising repellent; adversarial; romanticised; and paternalistic homoprejudice was investigated using seven focus groups of heterosexuals and gay men (N = 22) and the findings were consistent with stereotype content theory. Directions for future research into the deleterious effects of ambivalent Homoprejudice and possible empowering interventions are discussed.

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“…In nursing, our language of ageing mirrors society, interpreting values through our professional lens in the context of health care. The language of ambivalent ageism pervades nursing just as it does health care and society more broadly (Cary, Chasteen, & Remedios, ). Distinguishing us—nurses—from them—patients—holds a certain pragmatism.…”

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Breaking the real language barrier in care for older people

Kagan¹

2017

Int J Older People Nursing

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“…Americans (Gaertner & Dovidio, 1986;Katz, Wackenhut, & Hass, 1986), Native peoples in Canada (Bell, Esses, & Maio, 1996;Bell & Esses, 1997;Werhun & Penner, 2010), and older adults (Cary, Chasteen, & Remedios, 2017) comprise both overt negative attitudes and stereotypes, and subjectively positive beliefs which reflect sympathetic and patronizing attitudes toward the group. Similarly, sexism encompasses both positive (BS) and negative (HS) attitudes.…”

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Why can’t we all just get along? A social psychological examination of women’s intra-gender hostility

Lizzio‐Wilson¹

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Women's intra-gender hostility has been the focus of attention in both the popular media and scholarly literature. However, important gaps still remain in our understanding of the construct validity, causes of, and contextual factors influencing this process. Thus I investigate the following under-explored questions in this thesis: a) is intra-gender hostility a form of conflict unique to women, or are similar processes also evident among men?; b) do the unique identity pressures women face as a lower status group contribute to their intra-gender hostility?; and c) what contextual factors modify women's intra-gender hostility?In Chapter 3, I find that men and women report similar levels of attitudinal intra-gender hostility, indicating that it is not a form of intra-group conflict more commonly faced by women. I also demonstrate that the factor structure of men and women's intra-and inter-gender hostility are distinct, suggesting that intra-gender hostility is a form of intra-group conflict rather than an expression of general negativity. Building on this in Chapter 4, I provide more convincing evidence that women's intra-gender hostility reflects and potentially reinforces their disadvantaged position.Specifically, I demonstrate that women's intra-gender hostility is related to the unique identity pressures they face as a lower status group and factors which reflect and potentially reinforce their disadvantaged position (i.e. sexual competitiveness regarding attractiveness, hostile sexism, private collective self-esteem). In contrast, men's intra-gender hostility was uniquely related to factors which reflect and reinforce their higher status position (i.e. hostility toward men). This suggests that men and women's intra-gender hostility may function in complementary ways to reinforce the gender-related status hierarchy.In Chapter 5, I further investigate how women's unique identity pressures contribute to their intra-gender hostility. I replicate findings from previous research that women who more (versus less) strongly endorse hostile and, to a lesser extent, benevolent sexism, demonstrate greater intra-gender hostility toward non-traditional women. However, I extend these findings by demonstrating that collective threat (the concern that the poor behaviour of an ingroup will be generalised to a negative stereotype of the entire group Cohen & Garcia, 2005); partially explains hostile (but not benevolent) sexists' intra-gender hostility. This provides further evidence that the unique identity pressures women face contribute to their intra-gender hostility, and preliminary evidence to suggest that unique identity pressures related to gender-role appropriate behaviour and maintaining a positive social identity can influence women's attitudes toward and treatment of other women in certain circumstances.Finally in Chapter 6, I investigate the social psychological factors which may contextually activate or attenuate women's intra-gender hostility in the face of social identity threat. I replicate findings fro...

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The Ambivalent Ageism Scale: Developing and Validating a Scale to Measure Benevolent and Hostile Ageism

Abstract: The AAS is a useful tool for researchers to assess hostile and benevolent ageism. This measure serves as an important first step in designing interventions to reduce the harmful effects of both hostile and benevolent ageism.

Cited by 141 publications

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Ambivalent Homoprejudice towards Gay Men: Theory Development and Validation

Ambivalent Homoprejudice towards Gay Men: Theory Development and Validation

Breaking the real language barrier in care for older people

Why can’t we all just get along? A social psychological examination of women’s intra-gender hostility

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