The fight against prejudice in older adultsperspective taking effectiveness
- Álvarez Castillo, José Luis
- Jiménez Eguizábal, Juan Alfredo
- Palmero Cámara, María Carmen
- González González, Hugo
ISSN: 0120-0534
Any de publicació: 2014
Volum: 46
Número: 1-3
Pàgines: 137-147
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología
Resum
Inhibition of prejudice appears to be more problematic for older adults, hence the need to develop programs to reduce intergroup bias at later stages in life. Perspective taking was analyzed in this study, as one of various cognitive strategies that have been shown to reduce such bias. Data on a sample of 63 Spanish participants with a mean age of 64.1 years was gathered after an intervention based on mental imagery, aimed at reducing explicit prejudice. A wide array of variables was measured (personality traits, values, empathy, and attribution) which may moderate effectiveness in perspective taking. Despite no main effect was found, effects due to interaction of perspective taking found in OLS regression analysis revealed that perspective taking based intervention was effective for some older adults, particularly those who had low scores on agreeableness, empathy, and universalism, and high scores on conformity. The conclusions suggest that perspective taking might be successfully applied to some profiles of older people albeit it is not as strong and transferable strategy as it used to be thought.
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