Prescriptive stereotypes, negative attitudes toward older adults, and social participation: surveys on younger and older Japanese

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Table 1. Means, standard deviations, and correlation coefficients for each variable (study 1).

		M	SD	Range	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10
1	succession	3.65	0.99	1–6	―
2	identity	2.35	0.99	1–6	.40**		―
3	consumption	3.09	0.87	1–6	.71**		.51**		―
4	negative attitudes	2.97	0.84	1–6	.61**		.62**		.65**		―
5	attitudes to SP	2.68	0.92	1–6	.17**		.41**		.23**		.35**		―
6	contact (quantity)	3.28	1.44	1–6	−.05		−.11*		−.02		−.09		−.21**		―
7	contact (quality)	3.81	0.98	1–6	−.24**		−.33**		−.28**		−.47**		−.39**		.27**		―
8	subjective wealth	3.05	0.98	1–6	−.09		−.05		−.07		−.05		−.08		.02		.17**		―
9	age	30.78	6.01	18–39	−.01		−.07		.03		−.02		−.03		.01		.06		−.01		―
10	sex (0 = female, 1 = male)			―	.04		.07		.12*		.07		.05		.02		−.09		−.11*		.05		―
11	age perceptions	―	―	1–6	−.05		.01		−.01		−.05		−.04		.09		.01		.13**		.03		−.20**

Note. SP = social participation. Sex: female (n = 232), male (n = 204). Age perceptions: (1) 65–69 years (n = 54), (2) 70–74 years (n = 169), (3) 75–79 years (n = 107), (4) 80–84 years (n = 84), (5) 85–89 years (n = 16), and (6) 90 years or older (n = 6). The correlation coefficients for age perception are Spearman’s correlation coefficients, and the others are Pearson’s correlation coefficients. **p < .01, *p < .05.

Table 2. Multiple regression results on negative attitudes toward older adults and the old’s social participation (study 1).

	negative attitudes toward older adults		negative attitudes toward the old’s social participation		VIF
	β	95%CI	β	95%CI
succession	.25**	[.16, .33]	−.06	[−.17, .06]	2.04
identity	.32**	[.25, .39]	.31**	[.21, .41]	1.44
consumption	.25**	[.16, .34]	.04	[−.09, .17]	2.34
contact (quantity)	.03	[−.03, .09]	−.10*	[−.19, −.01]	1.11
contact (quality)	−.26**	[−.32, −.19]	−.26**	[−.36, −.17]	1.27
age perception	−.03	[−.09, .03]	−.04	[−.12, .05]	1.08
subjective wealth	.06	[.00, .12]	−.02	[−.10, .07]	1.06
age	.01	[−.05, .07]	.01	[−.08, .09]	1.02
sex	−.02	[−.08, .04]	−.01	[−.10, .07]	1.08
adjusted R^2	.62**	[.57, .68]	.24**	[.17, .30]	―

Note. The regression coefficients were standardized. Sex: 0 = female; 1 = male. **p < .01, *p < .05.

Table 3. Means, standard deviations, and correlation coefficients for each variable (study 2).

		M	SD	Range	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10
1	succession	2.92	0.96	1–6	―
2	identity	2.80	0.96	1–6	.26***		―
3	consumption	3.12	1.06	1–6	.30**		.22**		―
4	social participation	3.63	0.73	1–6	.08*		−.05		−.01		―
5	anti-youth attitudes	2.87	0.62	1–6	.22**		.39**		.28**		−.20**		―
6	depression	1.57	0.60	1–5	.14**		.12**		.12**		−.32**		.22**		―
7	contact (quantity)	2.87	1.16	1–6	.08*		−.05		.00		.50**		−.15**		−.14**		―
8	contact (quality)	3.80	0.79	1–6	.04		−.12**		−.03		.54**		−.34**		−.21**		.41**		―
9	subjective wealth	3.43	0.94	1–6	−.04		−.04		−.09**		.33**		−.13**		−.37**		.12**		.19**		―
10	age	70.69	4.65	65–92	.03		.06		−.01		.05		.04		−.06		−.04		−.03		.05		―
11	sex	(0 = female, 1 = male)			−.06*		.10**		−.02		−.04		.15**		.02		−.04		−.08**		−.03		.07*

Note. Sex: female (n = 541), male (n = 546). **p < .01, *p < .05.

Table 4. Multiple regression results on social participation, negative attitudes toward younger people, and depressive tendencies (study 2).

	social participation		negative attitudes toward the young		depressive tendencies		VIF
	β	95%CI	β	95%CI	β	95%CI
per. succession	.04	[−.01, .09]	.11**	[.06, .17]	.12**	[.06, .18]	1.17
per. identity	.01	[−.04, .05]	.27**	[.22, .32]	.05	[−.01, .11]	1.14
per. consumption	.02	[−.03, .06]	.17**	[.12, .23]	.04	[−.02, .10]	1.13
contact (quantity)	.33**	[.28, .38]	−.02	[−.08, .03]	−.07*	[−.13, −.01]	1.21
contact (quality)	.36**	[.31, .41]	−.28**	[−.34, −.22]	−.12**	[−.18, −.06]	1.25
subjective wealth	.22**	[.18, .27]	−.04	[−.09, .02]	−.32**	[−.38, −.27]	1.05
age	.06**	[.02, .11]	.01	[−.04, .06]	−.05	[−.11, .00]	1.02
sex	.00	[−.04, .05]	.11**	[.06, .16]	.01	[−.05, .06]	1.03
adjusted R^2	.44**	[.39, .48]	.29**	[.25, .33]	.18**	[.14, .22]	―

Note. The regression coefficients were standardized. Per. = perceived. Sex: 0 = female; 1 = male. **p < .01, *p < .05.

Data availability statement

The data used in this study were posted on the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository (https://osf.io/9zh6e/).