The Effects of Negative Images on Young People's Willingness to Help Elderly People

Bibliographic Data

ID12397252
AuthorsEsther Van Leeuwen (0000-0003-3048-1127, Department of Social and Organisational Psychology VU University Amsterdam The Netherlands, corresponding author), Lennert Jongh (0000-0002-3392-3122, Department of Social and Organisational Psychology VU University Amsterdam The Netherlands)
Year2014
Volume25
Issue3
Pages276-281
Publication date2014-08-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.2208
OpenAlexW1899497385
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

We examined the effect of confronting young people with an image depicting them as unhelpful on their willingness to help elderly people. As expected, helpfulness increased when this image reflected the elderly's view of young people but decreased when it reflected objective information. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Elderly people · Helpfulness · Aging and Gerontology Research · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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