Ageism is a widespread phenomenon and constitutes a significant threat to older people's
well-being. Identifying the factors contributing to ageism is critical to inform policies that …

Age is the only social category identifying subgroups that everyone may eventually join.
Despite this and despite the well-known growth of the older population, age-based prejudice …

Disclosing personal information to another person has beneficial emotional, relational, and
psychological outcomes. When disclosers believe they are interacting with a computer …

Background: Previous research suggests that artificial agents may be a promising source of
social support for humans. However, the bulk of this research has been conducted in the …

The WHO World report on ageing and health is not for the book shelf it is a living breathing
testament to all older people who have fought for their voice to be heard at all levels of …

Research and theory on intergroup contact have become one of the fastest advancing and
most exciting fields in social psychology in recent years. The work is exciting because it …

This work identifies how cross-group friendships are conceptualized and measured in
intergroup research, investigates which operationalizations yield the strongest effects on …

The population of older adults is growing worldwide. Negative ageism (negative attitudes
and behavior toward older adults) is a serious international concern that negatively …

Recent years have witnessed a renewal of interest in intergroup contact theory. A meta‐
analysis of more than 500 studies established the theory's basic contention that intergroup …

In this chapter, bias is defined broadly as an unfair evaluative, emotional, cognitive, or
behavioral response toward another group in ways that devalue or disadvantage the other …