The role of individual difference variables in ageism

Allan, Linda J.; Johnson, James A.; Emerson, Scott D.

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“…Algunas investigaciones sugieren que debido al desconocimiento se tiene una visión negativa sobre el proceso del envejecimiento y muchas personas tienen puntos de vista ageístas hacia los adultos de edad avanzada (Boswell, 2012); mientras que autores como (Allan et al, 2014;Bousfield y Hutchison, 2010) indican que las interacciones voluntarias con los adultos mayores que impliquen cooperación disminuyen la ansiedad, reduce las actitudes discriminatorias y al ser más conscientes de los adultos mayores se experimenta menor preocupación por el propio envejecimiento; mientras que los niveles más altos de ansiedad por el propio envejecimiento parecen contribuir al aumento de las actitudes discriminatorias contra los ancianos.…”

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“…Para K. Lasher y P. Faulkender (1993) la ansiedad ante el envejecimiento es un factor importante en la medición de las actitudes y comportamientos hacia las personas de edad avanzada, así como un factor mediador en la adaptación al propio proceso de envejecimiento; estos autores han definido la ansiedad sobre el envejecimiento como la preocupación y la previsión de pérdidas físicas, mentales y personales adversas durante el proceso de envejecimiento; explorando los temores del envejecimiento a través de cuatro dimensiones: miedo a las personas mayores, la apariencia física, problemas psicológicos, y temor a las pérdidas. A medida que la población se vuelve cada vez más vieja se hace más importante comprender la discriminación por edad y desarrollar estrategias para disminuir las actitudes y conductas discriminatorias contra los mayores (Allan et al, 2014).…”

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Invarianza Factorial de la Escala de Ansiedad ante el Envejecimiento de Lasher y Faulkender en Estudiantes Universitarios, Hombres y Mujeres

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* Autor a quien debe ser dirigida la correspondencia.Recibido May. 16, 2016; Aceptado Jul. 20, 2016; Versión final Sep. 14, 2016, Publicado Feb. 2017 Resumen El presente estudio analiza las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Ansiedad ante el Envejecimiento en hombres y mujeres universitarios. La muestra total fue de 1703 participantes; 878 mujeres y 825 hombres, con una edad media de 20.5 años y 20.9 años, respectivamente. Los análisis factoriales confirmatorios mostraron que una estructura tetrafactorial (miedo a las personas mayores, apariencia física, miedo a las pérdidas, y preocupaciones psicológicas) es viable y adecuada para ambas poblaciones (mujeres y hombres) de acuerdo a los requisitos psicométricos establecidos cuando los informantes son los propios alumnos. Además, la estructura factorial, las cargas factoriales y los interceptos se consideran invariantes en las dos poblaciones. Sin embargo, existen diferencias entre las poblaciones para las medias de los factores miedo a las personas mayores y miedo a las pérdidas. Palabras clave: ansiedad; estructura factorial; invarianza de medida; análisis factorial confirmatorio multimuestra Factorial Invariance of the Anxiety Aging Scale of Lasher and Faulkender of University Students, Men and Women AbstractThe present study analyses the psychometric properties of the Anxiety Aging Scale in men and women university students. The overall sample consisted of 1703 participants: 878 women and 825 men, with a mean age of 20.5 years old and 20.9 years old, respectively. Psychometric analysis showed that a tetrafactorial structure (fear of old people, physical appearance, fear of losses, and psychological concerns) is feasible and adequate for both populations (women and men) according to the established psychometric requirements when the informers are the students themselves. In addition, factor structure, factor loadings and intercepts of the instrument could be considered invariant across groups. However, there are differences between groups for the means of the factors fear of old people and fear of losses.

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“…Such attitudes can be measured in three ways, first in relation to the stereotypes and prejudices against older adults because of their advanced age, a phenomenon defined as age discrimination, in an intrapersonal level, these attitudes can manifest itself through the individual's own anxieties about aging, which can be caused by the aging process and / or perhaps because of anxiety about the final result of the aging process, i.e., death anxiety; the last two are closely associated with each other [2][3][4].…”

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“…As Bergman and Bodner [5] points out, for some people, interaction with old people can cause anxiety and tension and even fear, this could relate to that experienced powerlessness over one's future in relation to the aging process, consequently resulting the increase of discriminatory attitudes against the elderly; however, for authors like [3,6] voluntary interactions with older adults involving cooperation decreases anxiety, reduces discriminatory attitudes and being more aware of old people will experience lower concern for aging itself; while the highest levels of anxiety about aging itself appear to contribute to increased discriminatory attitudes towards the elderly.…”

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“…Much is known about the negative effects of anxiety on this age group, however, dimensions and ramifications of anxiety toward aging are poorly understood; a large number of scales have been designed to assess attitudes towards aging and to the old people, however, many of these have not taken into account the multidimensional nature of aging and they lack of empirical development, hence, it is necessary a larger process of validation and replication of self-report instruments, to evaluate these symptoms with psychometrically measures, sensitive to changes caused in this stage of life, for this reason, as the population becomes increasingly older is transcendent understanding the discrimination based on age and develop strategies to reduce discriminatory attitudes and behavior against the elderly, given the harmful health consequences that this generates [3,19,20]. Therefore, is particularly important to investigate whether if belonging to a certain gender produces or does not a higher level of anxiety about aging.…”

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Anxiety About Aging in University Students Comparisons by Gender

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2017

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Abstract:The aim of this research was to compare the profiles of anxiety about aging in Mexican university students to aging.The total sample was of 1669 subjects; 851 women and 818 men with a mean age of 20.53 years (SD = 2.82) and 20.89 years (SD = 2.03) respectively. The approach adopted in the research is framed within a quantitative approach with a descriptive survey design. The results of the multivariate analysis of variance followed by analyzes of univariate variance, are the ones who show higher levels of anxiety to the fear of loss of social support and autonomy, while men manifest higher levels of anxiety as to contact with the elderly. The differences between men and women regarding anxiety about aging, suggest that in designing any intervention that aims to reduce this anxiety must be taken into account gender variable. Future research should replicate these findings in larger samples.

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Appreciating social science research on gratitude: An integrative review for organizational scholarship on gratitude in the workplace

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Though gratitude research in organizational behavior (OB) is nascent, this emotion has a rich history in the social sciences. Research has shown gratitude to promote prosocial behaviors, encourage personal well-being, and foster interpersonal relationships. However, gratitude research has been siloed among these three outcomes of gratitude (moral, wellness, and relational). Similarly, past reviews of gratitude have focused on only one group of outcomes, one of its forms (trait, state, or expressed), or empirical findings without emphasis on the theoretical underpinnings. In contrast, this review recognizes that each type of gratitude, its functions, and outcomes are part of a single process model of gratitude. As such, in the current review, we provide a comprehensive assessment of gratitude in the social sciences by distilling and organizing the literature per our process model of episodic gratitude. Then, we translate the insights for management scholars, highlighting possible differences and synergies between extant research and workplace gratitude thereby helping advance "gratitude science" in the workplace. In all, this review (a) examines definitions and operationalizations of gratitude and provides recommendations for organizational research; (b) proposes a process model of episodic workplace gratitude as a conceptual map to guide future OB research on gratitude; (c) reviews empirical gratitude research through the lens of our process model; and (d) discusses the current state of the literature, important differences for workplace gratitude, and future directions for organizational scholars.

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The role of individual difference variables in ageism

Cited by 84 publications

References 27 publications

Invarianza Factorial de la Escala de Ansiedad ante el Envejecimiento de Lasher y Faulkender en Estudiantes Universitarios, Hombres y Mujeres

Invarianza Factorial de la Escala de Ansiedad ante el Envejecimiento de Lasher y Faulkender en Estudiantes Universitarios, Hombres y Mujeres

Anxiety About Aging in University Students Comparisons by Gender

Appreciating social science research on gratitude: An integrative review for organizational scholarship on gratitude in the workplace

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