代际接触对大学生年龄歧视的影响:老化知识及群际焦虑的多重中介作用

The Impact of Intergenerational Contact on Age Discrimination among College Students: The Multiple Mediating Effects of Aging Knowledge and Intergroup Anxiety

年龄歧视不仅严重威胁着老年人的身心健康,也影响大学生的职业兴趣。国内对年龄歧视产生机制研究较少,没有阐明代际接触减少年龄歧视的内在机制。采用问卷调查的方法对546名大学生进行施测,结果表明,代际接触既能直接负向预测年龄歧视,也可以通过老化知识、群际焦虑的中介作用,以及老化知识和群际焦虑的链式中介作用对年龄歧视产生间接影响。学校、社会、家长可以共同努力,创设大学生与老年人接触的途径,有助于减少年龄歧视现象。

Age discrimination not only seriously threatens the physical and mental health of the elderly,but also affects the career interests of college students.There is relatively little research on the mechanism of age discrimination in China.The internal mechanism of intergenerational contact to reduce age discrimination has not been elucidated.This study applied a questionnaire survey to test 546 college students.The results indicated that intergenerational contact could directly and negatively predict age discrimination,as well as indirectly affect age discrimination through the mediating effect of aging knowledge and group anxiety,as well as the chain mediating effect of aging knowledge and group anxiety.With the concerted efforts of schools,society,and parents,the contact routes between college students and the elderly could be created,which could help reduce age discrimination.