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Latorre Postigo, Jose Miguel; Lopez Honrubia, Rigoberto – Educational Gerontology, 2010
As a result of the increase in life expectancy in Western societies, the need for elderly people to live with their families (coresidence) is on the rise. The main objectives of this study were to determine the social perception of the advantages and drawbacks of coresidence with elderly people and establish the differences in this perception…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Grandchildren, Social Cognition, Older Adults
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Castillo, Jose-Luis Alvarez; Camara, Carmen Palmero; Eguizabal, Alfredo Jimenez – Educational Gerontology, 2011
The present paper, drawing from the perspective of social cognition, examines and evaluates an intervention based on social-cognitive perspective-taking on the reduction of stereotyping and prejudice in older adults. Data were collected in a sample of Spanish participants with a mean age of 63.2 years. The intervention, aimed at reducing prejudice…
Descriptors: Intervention, Imagery, Social Cognition, Older Adults