Participation in an Intergenerational Service Learning Course and Implicit Biases

Autor/inn/en	Kogan, Lori R.; Schoenfeld-Tacher, Regina M.
Titel	Participation in an Intergenerational Service Learning Course and Implicit Biases
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 44 (2018) 2-3, S.90-98 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kogan, Lori R.) ORCID (Schoenfeld-Tacher, Regina M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
DOI	10.1080/03601277.2017.1413784
Schlagwörter	Older Adults; Social Bias; Disabilities; Service Learning; Social Attitudes; Inferences; Association (Psychology); Tests; Intergenerational Programs; College Students; Attitude Change; Student Attitudes; Pretests Posttests; Program Effectiveness; Animals; Hypothesis Testing; Gerontology; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Handicap; Behinderung; Service-Learning; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Inference; Inferenz; Assoziation; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Collegestudent; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Schülerverhalten; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Gerontologie
Abstract	Biases against the elderly and people with disabilities can lead to discriminatory behaviors. One way to conceptualize attitudes toward the elderly and people with disabilities is through the differentiation of explicit (conscious) and implicit (unconscious) factors. Although both explicit and implicit attitudes and biases contribute to the full picture of peoples' attitudes, explicit ideas alone may not accurately reflect people's attitudes. This may be due to societal pressure to conceal explicit biases or the fact that often times, people are not aware they hold prejudiced views. The Implicit Association Test is a computer-based categorization task designed to assess implicit or unconscious attitudes. This test was used in in the current study to assess the impact of an intergenerational service-learning course. We designed this study to determine if greater exposure or contact with the elderly or people with disabilities might influence college students' implicit attitudes. Pre- and post-assessment of participating students, using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, found statistically significant decreased biases after participation. Results from this study that suggest participating in an intergenerational service-learning course can positively affect implicit attitudes. This is encouraging, especially because these attitudes are developed over a long period of repeated exposure, are consistently reinforced by cultural factors, and are notoriously difficult to change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01