Perspective taking, empathic concern, and perceived humanness of people with dementia
| Autor: | Amanda S. Nazario, Anca M. Miron, Jennifer Buelow, Susan H. McFadden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Personhood
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Positive perception Health outcomes medicine.disease Dehumanization humanities 050105 experimental psychology Education Developmental psychology Perspective-taking Perception mental disorders medicine Dementia 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Empathic concern Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Educational Gerontology. 43:468-479 |
| ISSN: | 1521-0472 0360-1277 |
| Popis: | Past work has documented the detrimental psychological and health outcomes of negative age stereotypes and dehumanization of older adults. We investigated the role of perspective taking in enhancing positive perceptions of humanness of older individuals with dementia. To manipulate perspective taking, participants either imagined the situation of an older woman with dementia (n = 35), remained objective and detached (n = 37), or received no instructions (n = 35). We measured evidence of impairments of humanness needed to conclude personhood loss for the woman with dementia (i.e., humanness standards). Compared to stay-objective participants, imagine-other and no-instructions participants asked for more evidence of impairments of uniquely human characteristics, but not of human nature characteristics, in order to conclude personhood loss for the woman with dementia. Empathic concern for the woman with dementia mediated this effect. We discuss the importance of studying perceptions of personhood of ... |
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