Cross-cultural ageism: ageism and attitudes toward aging among Jews and Arabs in Israel

Bergman, Yoav S.; Bodner, Ehud; Cohen-Fridel, Sara

doi:10.1017/s1041610212001548

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“…For example, stereotypic beliefs about aging and older adults have been shown to be related to increased aging anxiety (Bousfield & Hutchison, ) and this may moderate the relationship between aging anxiety and job longevity variables, particularly if one has negative perceptions of aging. Aging anxiety, while weakly related to job longevity variables, should continue to be investigated, especially with regard to other variables such as individual differences, particularly since findings from this study and past research has suggested that females and racial/ethnic minorities tend to report more aging anxiety (Bergman, Bodner, & Cohen‐Fridel, ; Lynch, ).…”

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Ageism in the Workplace: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Engagement

Macdonald

Levy

2016

Journal of Social Issues

137

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With a worldwide aging population and increasingly youth‐centered societies around the world, there are mounting concerns about how perceptions of age and aging may influence the workplace. Using an age diverse national sample of workers (n = 800) from a wide range of occupations and socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States, this study investigated understudied psychosocial factors (age identity, aging anxiety, perceived age discrimination, perceived social support at work, and work centrality) that may buffer or hinder job satisfaction, commitment, and engagement. Identity variables, both age identity and work centrality, as well as perceived social support at work, were found to be positively associated with job satisfaction, commitment, and engagement, while both perceived age discrimination and anxiety about aging were negatively associated with these three job longevity variables. The results suggest that psychosocial factors such as age identity, work centrality, and perceived social support could be targeted to improve job satisfaction, commitment, and engagement, while it would be beneficial for organizational policies to continue to focus on reducing age discrimination as well as reducing anxiety about aging in the workplace.

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confidence: 84%

Ageism in the Workplace: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Engagement

Macdonald

Levy

2016

Journal of Social Issues

137

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“…A study involving 275 medical students by Taiwan researchers indicated that the KAOP score was 144.3 ± 17.89 and >50% in medical students [23]. Bergman et al [28] reported that Chinese nursing students had more positive attitudes towards the elderly than Australian nursing students. Our results suggest that Chinese medical students have more positive attitudes towards the elderly.…”

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Survey of attitude towards and understanding of the elderly amongst Chinese undergraduate medical students

Liu

Wang

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Asian Biomedicine

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Background: Gerontology has an increasing role in medicine and public health. The provision of better medical services to the elderly closely correlates with the attitude towards and understanding of the elderly by medical personnel. Objectives: We investigated factors affecting a medical student's choice of gerontology as a career. This included a survey of attitude towards the elderly and understanding of aging among first and third year Chinese undergraduates. Data between students in different streams, at different levels, and between sexes were compared. Methods: Convenience sampling was used to recruit 335 undergraduate medical students in Sichuan for a survey using Kogan's Attitudes toward Older People Scale (KAOP) and Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ1) as tools. Results: Among undergraduates, 71.3% did not acquire significant knowledge about the elderly (mean KAOP score 139.5 ± 16.0); and had a mean score of knowledge of aging (12.2 ± 2.7). The majority of first year students (98.7%) and third year students (98.8%) had a positive attitudes (KAOP > 102). The KAOP score among first year students was higher than that among third years (P < 0.01). Students with an interest in problems of the elderly had significantly higher scores and were more willing to consider careers in gerontology than students without an interest in the elderly (P < 0.01). Conclusions:The majority of Chinese undergraduate medical students surveyed had positive attitudes towards elderly. We recommend greater accessibility of courses in gerontology to meet the increasing need for personnel in this health care sector.

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“…Considering the strong influence of culture on gender roles and aging processes (e.g., Bergman et al 2013;Kamilar et al 2000), it would be an interesting avenue for future research to investigate the role of culture on the interplay of the perceptions of older men and women.…”

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Multiple standards of aging: gender-specific age stereotypes in different life domains

2013

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Whereas it is often stated that aging might have more negative consequences for the evaluation of women compared to men, evidence for this assumption is mixed. We took a differentiated look at age stereotypes of men and women, assuming that the life domain in which older persons are rated moderates gender differences in age stereotypes. A sample of 298 participants aged 20-92 rated 65-year-old men and women on evaluative statements in eight different life domains. Furthermore, perceptions of gender-and domain-specific age-related changes were assessed by comparing the older targets to 45-year-old men and women, respectively. The results speak in favor of the domain specificity of evaluative asymmetries in age stereotypes for men and women, and imply that an understanding of gendered perceptions of aging requires taking into account the complexities of domain-specific views on aging.

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Cross-cultural ageism: ageism and attitudes toward aging among Jews and Arabs in Israel

Cited by 54 publications

References 22 publications

Ageism in the Workplace: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Engagement

Ageism in the Workplace: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Engagement

Survey of attitude towards and understanding of the elderly amongst Chinese undergraduate medical students

Multiple standards of aging: gender-specific age stereotypes in different life domains

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