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Does interpersonal regulatory fit affect intergenerational communication? Elder advice and younger gratitude

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Old people have considerable experience and wisdom to share with young people; however, young people do not always listen to old people with gratitude. We conducted two studies to examine the effect of regulatory fit on young people’s gratitude toward old advisers. As predicted, young people felt more grateful to old advisers whose advice did not “fit” the advisees’ self-regulatory orientation, whereas young people felt more grateful to young advisers whose advice fit the advisees’ self-regulatory orientation (lab experiment in Study 1, Web survey in Study 2). Using these results, we propose an idea that may promote smoother intergenerational interaction in transmitting experience and wisdom from older to younger generations.

Source: Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science

DOI: 10.5178/lebs.2016.40

Authors: Megumi Tabuchi, Moeko Kamiariya, Asako Miura

Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University

Language: English

Topic: Aging and Gerontology Research

Subfield: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Awards: Experimental examination of intergenerational interaction in the situation where the next generation inherits the wisdom, 世代を越えて継承される利他性の仕組みと心理的発達