Advances in the validation of a program directed at the reduction of stereotypes and prejudice in the older adults

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Published: Jan 30, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v7.822
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prejudice values older adults social cognition

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Carmen Palmero Cámara
Universidad de Burgos
Isabel Luis Rico
Universidad de Burgos
Tamara de la Torre Cruz
Universidad de Burgos
Ángel Gañán Adánez
Universidad de Burgos
Vanesa Baños Martínez
Universidad de Burgos
Camino Escolar Llamazares
Universidad de Burgos
Miguel Corbí Santamaría
Universidad de Burgos
Alfredo Jiménez Eguizábal
Universidad de Burgos

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As older adults have shown more problems to inhibit stereotyping and prejudice, the need to develop programs to reduce intergroup bias is more urgent in the advanced life stage. Our aim is to validation a multimedia application to improve the self-regulation of older people behaviour, and to evaluate the impact of potentially modulating variables of the intervention and its effects on prejudice. The intervention was aimed at reducing implicit prejudice and stereotyping, and explicit prejudice. Results of the multimedia application show the effectiveness of values as a modulating variable in the reduction of automatic prejudice levels.

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Palmero Cámara, C., Luis Rico, I., de la Torre Cruz, T., Gañán Adánez, Ángel, Baños Martínez, V., Escolar Llamazares, C., Corbí Santamaría, M., & Jiménez Eguizábal, A. (2014). Advances in the validation of a program directed at the reduction of stereotypes and prejudice in the older adults. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 7(1), 519–526. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v7.822
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