Who is Stereotyping Whom and Why?1

Schonfield, David

doi:10.1093/geront/22.3.267

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“…For example, Nuessel (1984) lists and defines 100 ageist terms commonly used in society. Common negative stereotypes and attitudes associated with the older population include the views that older people are inflexible, lonely, religious, unproductive, sickly, depressing, senile, frail, and lacking in energy (e.g., Bowling, 1999; Cardinali & Gordon, 2002; Grant, 1996; Greene, Adelman, Charon, & Hoffman, 1986; Palmore, 2001; Schoenfield, 1982). Conveying such negative prejudices through language and other observable behaviors often results in discrimination (Palmore, 1999).…”

Section: Ageism and Ageist Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non‐intimate Interactions

Nussbaum¹,

Pitts²,

Huber³

et al. 2005

Journal of Social Issues

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The possible effects of ageist language and ageism on the structure and function of intimate and non-intimate relationships have received significant attention from social scientists. Recent research grounded in communication accommodation theory (Giles, Mulac, Bradac, & Johnson, ) point toward the numerous consequences of both negative and positive attitudes toward ageing. Focusing specifically on health care settings, this article reviews recent theoretical positions and empirical findings that link ageist language and ageism to these positive and negative social consequences, and offers pragmatic suggestions and directions for future research.

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Section: Ageism and Ageist Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non‐intimate Interactions

Nussbaum¹,

Pitts²,

Huber³

et al. 2005

Journal of Social Issues

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“…However, many researchers argue that such beliefs are misplaced; that is, they argue that negative attitudes are not as common as is often believed (e.g., Kogan, 1979;Schonfield, 1982).…”

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Attitudes toward older adults reported by young adults: Variation based on attitudinal task and attribute categories.

Slotterback

Saarnio²

1996

Psychology and Aging

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Negative attitudes toward older adults are thought to be prevalent within the American culture. However, research on attitudes presents conflicting results. In this study, 2 factors were hypothesized to influence reported attitudes toward older adutts: the attitudinal instrument used (a rating task vs. an open-ended task) and the types of attributes assessed (cognitive, personal-expressive, and physical ) . The results confirmed that attitudes toward older adults were negative relative to attitudes toward younger and middle-aged adults, but the pattern of negativity differed by task and attribute category. Negativity was most apparent in the open-ended task and in the physical category. These results indicate that although general, negative stereotypes may exist, older adults are viewed as multidimensional people with both positive and negative attributes.

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“…As noted by Schonfield (1982), we assume youths' stereotypes of older persons based on their responses about generalized types of elderly. Even when we assess attitudes toward different types of older targets, we have not understood the influence of direct knowledge.…”

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Attitudes of Youth Toward Known and General Target Elderly

Sanders

Pittman

1987

J Appl Gerontol

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Half of a sample of 275 high school and college students rated "generalized"elderly targets, described only by gender and age, and half rated known elderly. Known elderly were rated more positively than generalized elderly. Within the generalized group, younger targets were rated more favorably than older targets and females more positively than males. This pattern was not replicated in the known target group. The results suggest that given the opportunity, youths use information other than gender and age to evaluate the elderly, but in the absence of additional information, stereotypes of elderly emerge in attitudes of youths toward the elderly.

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Who is Stereotyping Whom and Why?1

Cited by 71 publications

References 12 publications

Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non‐intimate Interactions

Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non‐intimate Interactions

Attitudes toward older adults reported by young adults: Variation based on attitudinal task and attribute categories.

Attitudes of Youth Toward Known and General Target Elderly

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