Older adults' perceptions and experiences of ageism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The current study investigates older adults' perceptions of ageism in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using tenets of Stereotype Embodiment Theory and the Behaviors from Intergroup Affect and Stereotypes Map framework, we sought to (a) examine whether older adults experienced ageism as self-relevant during the pandemic and (b) understand whether older adults experienced certain media messages and interpersonal behaviors during the pandemic and interpreted them as being motivated by potentialpaternalistic age stereotypes. Older adults aged 65 and older recruited from the community (n = 73) participated in a semi-structured interview about their perspectives on ageism toward older adults during the pandemic. Participants also completed an online survey about their expe

SUBMITTER: McDarby M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539012 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature