Implicit and Explicit Dehumanization of Older Family Members: Novel Determinants of Elder Abuse Proclivity.

ABSTRACT: Elder abuse affects one in six older persons globally. Three limitations impede progress in prevention: most research is victim- rather than perpetrator-based; the reliance on explicit, self-reported factors; and failure to account for psychological factors, such as dehumanization, that motivate abuse. The current study addressed these gaps by examining whether implicit and explicit dehumanization of t could explain elder abuse proclivity. In a web-based survey of 585 family caregivers of older persons, dehumanization was found to be prevalent with 51% of the caregivers implicitly and 31% explicitly dehumanizing older persons. As predicted, implicit and explicit dehumanization contributed to elder abuse proclivity (OR = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.02-1.50, p = .03) and (OR = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.0

SUBMITTER: Chang ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10120856 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature