Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 686-693.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.06.06

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The Meta-stereotypes of Elderly People and Their Consequences for Social Interaction

LIN Zhixuan1, YANG Ying2, KOU Yu1   

  1. 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education(Beijing Normal University), Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing University, Beijing 100875;
    2. School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062
  • Published:2020-11-20

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Abstract: The present research investigated the content of Chinese elderly people's meta-stereotypes and their consequences for social interaction. We first collected the words of positive and negative meta-stereotypes of elderly people through interviews and open-ended questionnaires in a pilot study. In the formal study, 132 elderly participants were recruited to complete a questionnaire involving a table of meta-stereotype words, the intergroup help receiving scale, the recipient feeling scale, the intergroup help giving scale, and the social participation scale. The results showed that elderly people's positive meta-stereotypes positively predicted their willingness to accept both autonomy-oriented and dependency-oriented help from outgroup members, and receiving such help elicited their positive feelings. Their negative meta-stereotypes only predicted their willingness to accept autonomy-oriented help from outgroup members, but receiving such help elicited their negative feelings. The positive meta-stereotypes of elderly people also positively predicted their willingness to help outgroup members and the frequency of their participating in social activities, but negative meta-stereotypes were not significant predictors.

Key words: meta-stereotypes, elderly people, social participation, intergroup helping, social participation

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