Esteriótipos e preconceito contra os idosos

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Rodrigo de Sena e Silva
• Orientador(a): Lima, Marcus Eugênio Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social
• Palavras-chave em Português: Psicologia social; Preconceitos e antipatias; Idosos; Estereótipos (Psicologia social)
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Aged; Prejudices; Social psychology; Stereotypes (Social psychology)
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA::PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/5953

The elderly are an increasingly representative group in our society. IBGE data shows that in the year 2000 there were 14.5 million persons aged 60 or more in Brazil, or 8% of the population. In 2010, this number rose to 18 million, which corresponds to 12% of all Brazilians. The growth of the elderly population enables and enhances the contact of these individuals with other social groups, encouraging reflections on how the elderly are seen and its implications on the relations established with them. Roughly speaking, there is as ambivalent vision about these people in our country, which are positively associated with affection and new lifestyles, but negatively associated to decline and disability. It is our interest to investigate how these beliefs are organized, as well as its implications in daily life. This work investigates stereotypes and prejudice against the elderly, or ageism, a phenomenon that has specificities. First, it involves dealing with a group that everyone will take part in the future, unlike the relationships observed in racism or sexism. Secondly, apart from its open expression, ageism can hide in socially accepted practices, such as overprotection and infantilization of the elderly. Our research took place from 2 studies: the first one examined the content and the organization of stereotypes about the elderly through a questionnaire, in addition to explicit prejudice by using two scales; the second one examined uncontrolled prejudice through a technique that measures implicit attitudes. The results suggest that people try to hide clear manifestations of prejudice; most of the negative content is attributed to society. However, when respondents have no control over their actions, the manifestation of ageism is clear.