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| Changes in attitudes among children and elderly adults in intergenerational group work | | Author(s) | Martin Pinquart, Silka Wenzel, Silvia Sörensen |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 26, no 6, September 2000 |
| Pages | pp 523-540 |
| Keywords | Children ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Age groups [elderly] ; Attitude ; Group activities. |
| Annotation | Negative attitudes among members of different age groups interfere with intergenerational communication. Changes in intergenerational attitudes in 32 8- to 11-year old children and 20 older people were investigated using activity groups. Applying the theory of realistic intergroup conflict, the researchers varied the amount of joint activity between groups. In the experiment group, joint activities (e.g. writing stories, making glove puppets, performing a puppet show) were organised by the researcher. In the control group, although there was visual contact among them, the children and older participants worked alone. Older people's rating of the participating children became more positive only in the experimental group. However, children's ratings of the older participants improved regardless of the experimental condition. Seven weeks after the end of the intervention, only the children's changes in attitudes towards older participants remained significant. Improvements in intergenerational attitudes during group activities were associated with increased frequency of intergenerational contact outside the group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001017217 A |
| Classmark | SBC: TOB: BB: DP: HW |
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