Salijentnost smrtnosti i dob kao odrednice ageizma

master's thesis

• Title (english): Mortality salience and age as the determinants of ageism
• Author: Matija Profozić
• Mentor: Dinka Čorkalo Biruški (mentor)
• Committee member: Vesna Buško (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Blaž Rebernjak (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-17, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Social Psychology

Abstract

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati utjecaj salijentnosti smrtnosti na razinu ageizma te provjeriti moderira li dob ispitanika taj odnos. Prethodna istraživanja pokazala su da u uvjetima salijentnosti smrtnosti ljudi iskazuju više razine ageizma. Nadalje, mali je broj istraživanja koja se bave utjecajem dobi sudionika na iskaze ageizma te su rezultati kontradiktorni. Neka od njih pokazuju da efekta dobi uopće nema; neka pokazuju da je ageizam najizraženiji kod mladih odraslih sudionika; neka donose rezultate u prilog viših iskaza unutargrupnog ageizma, odnosno kod sudionika starije dobi; neka navode da je ageizam najviši u skupini srednje odrasle dobi. U svrhu provjere moderacijskog efekta dobi na odnos salijentnosti smrtnosti i ageizma, do sada nisu provedena istraživanja. Istraživanje je provedeno online upitnikom, a uzorak su činila 293 sudionika i sudionica u dobi od 19 do 75 godina. Sudionici su za potrebe istraživanja bili slučajem podijeljeni u dvije skupine od kojih je jedna čitala tekst za manipulaciju salijentnosti smrtnosti dok je druga čitala kontrolni tekst. Sudionici su potom ispunjavali Skalu ambivalentnog ageizma. Rezultati donose potvrdu postojanja efekta salijentnosti smrtnosti na više iskaze ageizma. Među dobnim skupinama ne nalazimo statistički značajnu razliku u iskazima ageizma. Statistički značajan moderacijski efekt dobi na odnos salijentnosti smrtnosti i ageizma nije dobiven.

Abstract (english)

The goal of this study was to investigate the role of mortality salience manipulation on the ageist attitudes and to ascertain if a participants' age-related moderation effect exists on that relationship. Previous research shows that in the event of mortality salience participants show greater ageist tendencies. Research on the topic of participants' age and their ageist expressions are few, and those are inconclusive. Some of them show no effect of age on ageism; some show that ageism is greatest among the young adult population; some show evidence for greater inter-group ageism, within the elderly population; some show the greatest ageism among the middle-aged. To assert the moderation effect of participants' age on the mortality salience induced ageism relationship there were no prior researches conducted. The study was conducted via an online questionnaire and the sample was made of 293 participants, aged 19 to 75. By chance, participants were divided into two groups, of which one had to read mortality salience manipulation text, while the other half had to read the control text. Afterward, participants had to fill out the Ambivalent ageism scale. Results show confirmation of mortality salience effect on greater ageist tendencies. Within the age groups, we found no significant difference in the expression of ageism. There was no statistically significant moderation effect of age on the relation of mortality salience and ageism.

• Keywords: teorija upravljanja strahom; ageizam; salijentnost smrtnosti; moderacijski efekt; dob
• Keywords (english): terror management theory; mortality salience; ageism; moderation effect; age
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:808913
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-09-20 20:07:12