[Ageism: adaptation of the Fraboni of Ageism Scale-Revised to the French language and testing the effects of empathy, social dominance orientation and dogmatism on ageism].
ABSTRACTThis article presents two studies dealing with ageism. The objective of the first study was to adapt to French language and validate the Fraboni of Ageism Scale-Revised (FSA-R) which contains 23 items, while the objective of the second study was to test a structural model containing ageism as measured by the FSA-R and the "Big Three": empathy, social dominance orientation, and dogmatism, controlled for by sex and age. The results of the first study (n = 323) generated a version of the FSA-R comprising 14 items, of which the psychometric properties were very satisfactory. Using structural equation modelling and bootstrap procedure, the results of the second study (n = 284) showed a direct negative and significant effect of empathy on agism. They also showed that this negative effect was mediated by dogmatism and social dominance orientation, which both exerted a positive effect on ageism.
Boudjemad
Valérian
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Université de Nancy 2, France.
Gana
Kamel
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001318:Authoritarianism; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011594:Psychometrics; D012930:Social Dominance; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires