reviewPsychology and AgingJan 26, 2015HYBRID OA

A review and meta-analysis of age-based stereotype threat: Negative stereotypes, not facts, do the damage.

RARuth A. LamontHJHannah J. SwiftDADominic Abrams

University of Kent

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Abstract

Stereotype threat effects arise when an individual feels at risk of confirming a negative stereotype about their group and consequently underperforms on stereotype relevant tasks (Steele, 2010). Among older people, underperformance across cognitive and physical tasks is hypothesized to result from age-based stereotype threat (ABST) because of negative age-stereotypes regarding older adults' competence. The present review and meta-analyses examine 22 published and 10 unpublished articles, including 82 effect sizes (N = 3882) investigating ABST on older people's (Mage = 69.5) performance. The analysis revealed a significant small-to-medium effect of ABST (d = .28) and important moderators of the effect size.…

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  • Psychology
  • Stereotype threat
  • Stereotype (UML)
  • Meta-analysis
  • Social psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Clinical psychology
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