Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being
Ageism is a social issue of growing concern; ageist beliefs can shape the individual and collective experience of aging. The present study aimed to explore positive and negative ageism in young adults (YA) (18-30 years) and adults (AD) (31-60 years) and their relationship with epistemic trust, psyc...
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Ageism is a social issue of growing concern; ageist beliefs can shape the individual and collective experience of aging. The present study aimed to explore positive and negative ageism in young adults (YA) (18-30 years) and adults (AD) (31-60 years) and their relationship with epistemic trust, psychological distress, and psychological well-being. 301 Italian adult participants completed an online survey that included the following self-report questionnaires: attitudes towards older people scale, epistemic trust, mistrust and credulity questionnaire, depression anxiety stress scale-21, and Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale. Negative ageism was significantly higher in YA compared to AD; on the contrary, AD presented more positive ageism than YA. When considering the entire sample, negative ageism was correlated with various dimensions of psychological distress and epistemic trust. A mediation model revealed that epistemic mistrust fully mediated the relationship between age and negative ageism, suggesting that changes in ageist beliefs that seem to occur with age are mediated by a mistrustful epistemic stance. Future research should focus on further exploring the link between epistemic trust, mental health, and holding ageist beliefs. The results are also discussed in terms of their implications for the treatment of older patients.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f20f52c9dd645a9bd652f7534a7c6742023-07-27T20:22:30ZengPAGEPress PublicationsResearch in Psychotherapy2499-75522239-80312023-07-0126210.4081/ripppo.2023.676Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-beingAlice Fiorini Bincoletto0Ludovica Zanini1Grazia Fernanda Spitoni2Vittorio Lingiardi3Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome Ageism is a social issue of growing concern; ageist beliefs can shape the individual and collective experience of aging. The present study aimed to explore positive and negative ageism in young adults (YA) (18-30 years) and adults (AD) (31-60 years) and their relationship with epistemic trust, psychological distress, and psychological well-being. 301 Italian adult participants completed an online survey that included the following self-report questionnaires: attitudes towards older people scale, epistemic trust, mistrust and credulity questionnaire, depression anxiety stress scale-21, and Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale. Negative ageism was significantly higher in YA compared to AD; on the contrary, AD presented more positive ageism than YA. When considering the entire sample, negative ageism was correlated with various dimensions of psychological distress and epistemic trust. A mediation model revealed that epistemic mistrust fully mediated the relationship between age and negative ageism, suggesting that changes in ageist beliefs that seem to occur with age are mediated by a mistrustful epistemic stance. Future research should focus on further exploring the link between epistemic trust, mental health, and holding ageist beliefs. The results are also discussed in terms of their implications for the treatment of older patients. https://www.researchinpsychotherapy.org/index.php/rpsy/article/view/676Ageismepistemic trustepistemic mistrustepistemic credulityPsychological Well-being |
| spellingShingle | Alice Fiorini Bincoletto Ludovica Zanini Grazia Fernanda Spitoni Vittorio Lingiardi Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being Research in Psychotherapy Ageism epistemic trust epistemic mistrust epistemic credulity Psychological Well-being |
| title | Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being |
| title_full | Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being |
| title_fullStr | Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being |
| title_short | Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being |
| title_sort | negative and positive ageism in an italian sample how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust psychological distress and well being |
| topic | Ageism epistemic trust epistemic mistrust epistemic credulity Psychological Well-being |
| url | https://www.researchinpsychotherapy.org/index.php/rpsy/article/view/676 |
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