READ TO SUCCEED: HOW BOOK CLUBS CAN IMPROVE INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOSTER AGE FRIENDLINESS IN COMMUNITIES
Katelyn Frey, Jennifer Sublett, Nikolina Kravljaca, Jennifer Stanley · 2023
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Description
An intergenerational book club softened age stereotypes, Katelyn Frey and co-authors report in a 2023 study. Intergenerational programming is recommended to improve age friendliness in communities, but little empirical research supports its effectiveness. The project asked whether a multimodal book club could challenge age stereotypes and reduce ageism among participants of very different ages reading the same novel together.
Older adults and younger adults read a well-known novel about a grumpy widower and met three times to talk. Surveys before and after the meetings assessed ageist beliefs and stereotypes. The authors expected ageism to decline across the program. A significant interaction appeared for benevolent ageism, which younger adults endorsed more at the start. Readers get rare measured evidence for a popular community practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Katelyn Frey, Jennifer Sublett, Nikolina Kravljaca, Jennifer Stanley |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |